(C++) JSON: Nested Array

Here we have a JSON object that contains nested arrays. This example demonstrates how to access the contents of the nested arrays.

{
 "numbers" : [ 
    ["even", 2, 4, 6, 8], 
    ["prime", 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13] 
  ] }

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#include <CkJsonObject.h>
#include <CkJsonArray.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    CkJsonObject json;

    // This is the above JSON with whitespace chars removed (SPACE, TAB, CR, and LF chars).
    // The presence of whitespace chars for pretty-printing makes no difference to the Load
    // method. 
    const char *jsonStr = "{ \"numbers\" : [ [\"even\", 2, 4, 6, 8], [\"prime\", 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13] ] }";

    bool success = json.Load(jsonStr);
    if (success != true) {
        std::cout << json.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    // Get the value of the "numbers" object, which is an array that contains JSON arrays.
    CkJsonArray *outerArray = json.ArrayOf("numbers");
    if (json.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        std::cout << "numbers array not found." << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    int numArrays = outerArray->get_Size();
    int i;

    for (i = 0; i <= numArrays - 1; i++) {

        CkJsonArray *innerArray = outerArray->ArrayAt(i);

        // The first item in the innerArray is a string
        std::cout << innerArray->stringAt(0) << ":" << "\r\n";

        int numInnerItems = innerArray->get_Size();
        int j;
        for (j = 1; j <= numInnerItems - 1; j++) {

            std::cout << "  " << innerArray->IntAt(j) << "\r\n";

        }

        delete innerArray;
    }

    delete outerArray;
    }