fromJSON

Arguments

jsonData

A string containing JSON data.

jsonFilename

A JSON file path.

result

If the string is a correct JSON, the result contains the Scilab variable.

Description

This function converts a string or a JSON file into a Scilab variable. NaN, Infinity and -Infinity are converted to %nan, %inf and -%inf. JSON null is converted to an empty matrix [] while it is converted to %nan in number arrays. Non-homogeneous data types or size arrays are converted into a list of elements.

Examples

// JSON object
fromJSON("{""status"": ""OK"", ""value"":12}")
// JSON array
fromJSON("[1, 2, 3]")
// JSON null values
fromJSON("[1, 2, null]")
fromJSON("[1, true, null]")
// non-finite values
fromJSON("[NaN, Infinity, -Infinity]")

See also

• http_post — HTTP POST request.
• http_put — HTTP PUT request.
• http_patch — HTTP PATCH request.
• http_delete — HTTP DELETE request.
• http_upload — HTTP POST or PUT request to upload file(s) on server.
• toJSON — Convert a Scilab variable to a JSON string.
• http_get — HTTP GET request.

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