(Perl) Loading and Parsing a JSON Array

A JSON array is JSON that begins with "[" and ends with "]". For example, this is a JSON array that contains 3 JSON objects.

[{"name":"jack"},{"name":"john"},{"name":"joe"}]

A JSON object, however, is JSON that begins with "{" and ends with "}". For example, this JSON is an object that contains an array.

{"pets":[{"name":"jack"},{"name":"john"},{"name":"joe"}]}

This example shows how loading a JSON array is different than loading a JSON object.

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use chilkat();

$strJsonArray = "[{\"name\":\"jack\"},{\"name\":\"john\"},{\"name\":\"joe\"}]";

$strJsonObject = "{\"pets\":[{\"name\":\"jack\"},{\"name\":\"john\"},{\"name\":\"joe\"}]}";

# A JSON array must be loaded using JsonArray:
$jsonArray = chilkat::CkJsonArray->new();
$jsonArray->Load($strJsonArray);

# Examine the values:
$i = 0;
while ($i < $jsonArray->get_Size()) {
    # jsonObj is a JsonObject
    $jsonObj = $jsonArray->ObjectAt($i);
    print $i . ": " . $jsonObj->stringOf("name") . "\r\n";

    $i = $i + 1;
}

# Output is:

# 	0: jack
# 	1: john
# 	2: joe

# A JSON object must be loaded using JsonObject
$jsonObject = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$jsonObject->Load($strJsonObject);

# Examine the values:
$i = 0;
$numPets = $jsonObject->SizeOfArray("pets");
while ($i < $numPets) {
    $jsonObject->put_I($i);
    print $i . ": " . $jsonObject->stringOf("pets[i].name") . "\r\n";
    $i = $i + 1;
}

# Output is:

# 	0: jack
# 	1: john
# 	2: joe