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Sample code to create the following JSON document:
    {  
        "Title": "The Cuckoo's Calling",  
        "Author": "Robert Galbraith",  
        "Genre": "classic crime novel",  
        "Detail": {  
            "Publisher": "Little Brown",  
            "Publication_Year": 2013,  
            "ISBN-13": 9781408704004,  
            "Language": "English",  
            "Pages": 494  
        },  
        "Price": [  
            {  
                "type": "Hardcover",  
                "price": 16.65  
            },  
            {  
                "type": "Kindle Edition",  
                "price": 7.00  
            }  
        ]  
    }  
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This example is intended for running within a Chilkat.Js embedded JavaScript engine. All Chilkat JavaScript examples require Chilkat v11.4.0 or greater.
JavaScript
var success = false;

var json = new CkJsonObject();

// The only reason for failure in the following lines of code would be an out-of-memory condition..

// An index value of -1 is used to append at the end.
var index = -1;

success = json.AddStringAt(-1,"Title","The Cuckoo's Calling");
success = json.AddStringAt(-1,"Author","Robert Galbraith");
success = json.AddStringAt(-1,"Genre","classic crime novel");

// Let's create the Detail JSON object:
var detail = new CkJsonObject();
json.AppendObject2("Detail",detail);

success = detail.AddStringAt(-1,"Publisher","Little Brown");
success = detail.AddIntAt(-1,"Publication_Year",2013);
success = detail.AddNumberAt(-1,"ISBN-13","9781408704004");
success = detail.AddStringAt(-1,"Language","English");
success = detail.AddIntAt(-1,"Pages",494);

// Add the array for Price
var aPrice = new CkJsonArray();
json.AppendArray2("Price",aPrice);

// Entry in aPrice will be a JSON object.

// Append a new/empty ojbect to the end of the aPrice array.
var priceObj = new CkJsonObject();

aPrice.AddObjectAt2(-1,priceObj);
success = priceObj.AddStringAt(-1,"type","Hardcover");
success = priceObj.AddNumberAt(-1,"price","16.65");

aPrice.AddObjectAt2(-1,priceObj);
success = priceObj.AddStringAt(-1,"type","Kindle Edition");
success = priceObj.AddNumberAt(-1,"price","7.00");

json.EmitCompact = false;
console.log(json.Emit());