toJSON

Arguments

var

The Scilab variable to convert to JSON format.

filename

File where to write the JSON string.

indent

If this argument is given, the result is indented. The value is the number of spaces. 0 : No identation. (default) >0 : indentation with spaces.

<opt_args>

This represents a sequence of statements key1=value1, key2=value2, ... where key1, key2, ... can be one of the following:

convertInfAndNaN

JSON specification does not allow writing NaN and Infinity values. By default (convertInfAndNaN=%t) those values are converted into a JSON null value to follow the specification. When this optional argument is set to %f, those values are stored in the JSON as literals: NaN, Infinity, and -Infinity.

result

result is a string that contains the data converted to JSON. If a filename is given, no result is returned. A Scilab scalar variable is converted into a single number without brackets. To force the brackets around, put the scalar into a list().

Description

This function converts a Scilab variable into a JSON string or JSON file.

Examples

// structure
st = struct("status", "OK", "value", 12);
toJSON(st)
// matrix
toJSON([1, 2, 3])
// pretty print
st = struct("test", ["a" "b"], "values", [1 2]);
toJSON(st)
toJSON(st, 4)
// Scalar value
toJSON(42)
toJSON(list(42))
// non finite values
toJSON([[%nan, 1]; [1e+380, 1e-380]; [%inf, -%inf]])
toJSON([[%nan, 1]; [1e+380, 1e-380]; [%inf, -%inf]], convertInfAndNaN=%f)

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.
• fromJSON — Convert JSON to a Scilab variable.
• http_get — HTTP GET request.

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