(Perl) JSON Hex Encoding

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Let's say your JSON contains content that is hex encoded like this: \u05d1\u05d3\u05d9\u05e7

This example shows how to get the decoded string.

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use chilkat();

$s = "{ \"example\": \"\\u05d1\\u05d3\\u05d9\\u05e7\" }";

$json = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();

$success = $json->Load($s);

# When getting the member data, it is automatically decoded.
print "member data: " . $json->stringOf("example") . "\r\n";

# Output:
# member data: בדיק

# When getting the full JSON, it remains encoded. This is expected and intentional.
print "full JSON: " . $json->emit() . "\r\n";

# Output:
# full JSON: {"example":"\u05d1\u05d3\u05d9\u05e7"}

# To get the full JSON without the encoding, you can decode manually.
$sb = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$json->EmitSb($sb);
# The hex encoding used by JSON is utf-8.
$sb->Decode("json","utf-8");

print $sb->getAsString() . "\r\n";

# Output:
# {"example":"בדיק"}