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Pretty Print JSON (Formatter, Beautifier)

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Demonstrates how to emit JSON in a pretty, human-readable format with indenting of nested arrays and objects.

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function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

    var json = new chilkat.JsonObject();

    var jsonStr = "{\"name\": \"donut\",\"image\":{\"fname\": \"donut.jpg\",\"w\": 200,\"h\": 200},\"thumbnail\":{\"fname\": \"donutThumb.jpg\",\"w\": 32,\"h\": 32}}";

    success = json.Load(jsonStr);
    if (success !== true) {
        console.log(json.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    //  To pretty-print, set the EmitCompact property equal to false
    json.EmitCompact = false;

    //  If bare-LF line endings are desired, turn off EmitCrLf
    //  Otherwise CRLF line endings are emitted.
    json.EmitCrLf = false;

    //  Emit the formatted JSON:
    console.log(json.Emit());

}

chilkatExample();