fromJSON indices

[rain_gloom]

as stated on the wiki, the fromJSON function returns numeric indices as string indicies, but I need numeric ones. is there a wy to achieve that?

[Castillo]

I don't really understand what you said.

fromJSON returns a table out of a valid JSON string.

[blehmeh]

After using fromJSON, you can use tonumber to get the numeric value of a string.

[rain_gloom]

So I should format the returned string. Hmm...how? Could someone give an example?

(the final code should be really efficient)

as I see the solution:

I have a JSON formatted string: s

I traverse this string, searching for a pattern like: ["N"], where N is an integer

If I find one, I clear two characters before and after it.

[blehmeh]

What I originally meant:

local string = "1" 
local number = tonumber(string) + 1 
print (number) --outputs 2 

After using fromJSON, you can then loop through the returned table to find numeric values.

[ixjf]

Waba: Converting a string which contains only numbers is not necessary to do arithmetic on it, refer to this example:

local str, str2, str3 = "123", "2", 2 
print( str + str2 ); -- "125" 
print( str + str3 ); -- "125" 

[Castillo]

So I should format the returned string. Hmm...how? Could someone give an example?

(the final code should be really efficient)

as I see the solution:

I have a JSON formatted string: s

I traverse this string, searching for a pattern like: ["N"], where N is an integer

If I find one, I clear two characters before and after it.

I still don't understand, converting a table into a JSON string won't change how the table is ordered or made.

Example:

myJSON = toJSON ( { [ 1 ] = "Hello", [ 2 ] = "World" } ) 
outputChatBox ( myJSON ) 
myTable = fromJSON ( myJSON ) 
outputChatBox ( tostring ( myTable ) ) 

[iPrestege]

So I should format the returned string. Hmm...how? Could someone give an example?

(the final code should be really efficient)

as I see the solution:

I have a JSON formatted string: s

I traverse this string, searching for a pattern like: ["N"], where N is an integer

If I find one, I clear two characters before and after it.

I still don't understand, converting a table into a JSON string won't change how the table is ordered or made.

Example:

myJSON = toJSON ( { [ 1 ] = "Hello", [ 2 ] = "World" } ) 
outputChatBox ( myJSON ) 
myTable = fromJSON ( myJSON ) 
outputChatBox ( tostring ( myTable ) ) 

What would the result be for myTable?

[Castillo]

A table value, since I didn't specify any index.