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Json provides function to do JSON encoding and decoding.
Encode
jsonString = json.encode ( tableToEncode )
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tableToEncode
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table
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Table to encode to json
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jsonString
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string
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JSON representation of tableToEncode
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Example
json = require('json')
print( json.encode ( { a=10; b=20; c= { sub1= 2; sub2= 3 } } ) )
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This will print {"a":10,"c":{"sub2":3,"sub1":2},"b":20}
Decode
resultTable = json.decode ( jsonString )
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resultTable
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table
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Table decoded from JSON string
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jsonString
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string
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JSON representation of resultTable
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Example
json = require('json')
table.print( json.decode ( '{"a":10,"c":{"sub2":3,"sub1":2},"b":20}' ))
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This will print:
{ -- #0
["a"] = 10,
["c"] = { -- #1
["sub2"] = 3,
["sub1"] = 2,
} -- #1,
["b"] = 20,
} -- #0
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