json_simple

json_simple converts a valid json string into a UniScript object.

o = json_simple(ssjson)

Return Value

o is a json tree or an Error object (see error_create).

    o = json_simple( "{\"a\":1, \"b\":2}");
    [.
            a = 1,
            b = 2,
    ]

    json_simple("{\"a\": [1,2,3]}");
     [.
            a[1;3] = [1, 2, 3]
    ]

    json_simple("[1, \"text\", true, false, null, {\"a\":1}, [2,3]]");
[.
    [1] = 1,
    [2] = "text",
    [3] = 1,
    [4] = 0,
    [5] = 1e+10,
    [6] = [.
        a = 1,
    ],
    [7][1;2] = [2, 3]
]

    s = "{" ..
            +"\"name\": \"John\"," ..
            +"\"age\": 30," ..
            +"\"married\": false," ..
            +"\"children\": null," ..
            +"\"skills\": [\"UniPlot\", \"UniScript\", \"JSON\"]" ..
    +"}";
    o = json_simple(s);
[.
    age = 30,
    children = 1e+10,
    married = 0,
    name = "John",
    skills[1;3] = ["UniPlot", "UniScript", "JSON"],
]

Parameters

ssjson

ssjson is a valid json string.

Comment

The json_simple function

• Converts null to 1e10 (missing values)

• Stores arrays of objects into key/object pairs

• Converts True to 1 and False to 0

History

Version	Description
R2026.0	New.

See also

Overview json

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