.. highlight:: us

.. index:: json_simple

.. _json_simple:

json_simple
===========

.. us.tag json_simple json New6800

:ref:`json_simple` converts a valid json string into a UniScript object.

.. function:: o = json_simple(ssjson)

.. us.return

**Return Value**

*o* is a json tree or an Error object (see :ref:`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"],
    ]
	
.. us.params

**Parameters**

.. uparam:: ssjson

   *ssjson* is a valid json string. 

.. us.comment

**Comment**

The :ref:`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*

.. us.history

**History**

.. list-table::
   :header-rows: 1

   * - Version
     - Description
   * - R2026.0
     - New.

.. seealso::
   :ref:`Overview-json`

:sub:`id-667216`