Lianja Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Sort JSON Object by Member Key Name

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Demonstrates how to sort the members of a JSON object by the key name. Lianja

loJson = createobject("CkJsonObject")

loJson.UpdateString("xyz","1234")
loJson.UpdateString("abc.xyz","1234")
loJson.UpdateString("abc.def","1234")
loJson.UpdateString("abc.aaa","1234")
loJson.UpdateString("ghi","1234")
loJson.UpdateString("nmo","1234")

loJson.EmitCompact = .F.
? loJson.Emit()

//  This is our initial JSON:

//  {
//    "xyz": "1234",
//    "abc": {
//      "xyz": "1234",
//      "def": "1234",
//      "aaa": "1234"
//    },
//    "ghi": "1234",
//    "nmo": "1234"
//  }

//  Sort the top-level JSON object by key.
llAscending = .T.
llCaseSensitive = .T.
loJson.Sort(llAscending,llCaseSensitive)

//  Look at the sorted JSON..
? loJson.Emit()

//  {
//    "abc": {
//      "xyz": "1234",
//      "def": "1234",
//      "aaa": "1234"
//    },
//    "ghi": "1234",
//    "nmo": "1234",
//    "xyz": "1234"
//  }

//  Now sort the members of the "abc" object..
loJsonAbc = createobject("CkJsonObject")
loJson.ObjectOf2("abc",loJsonAbc)

loJsonAbc.Sort(llAscending,llCaseSensitive)

//  Now look at the JSON with the members under "abc" also sorted..
? loJson.Emit()

//  {
//    "abc": {
//      "aaa": "1234",
//      "def": "1234",
//      "xyz": "1234"
//    },
//    "ghi": "1234",
//    "nmo": "1234",
//    "xyz": "1234"
//  }


release loJson
release loJsonAbc