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JSON: Renaming and Deleting Members

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Demonstrates renaming and deleting members. This example uses the following JSON document:

{
   "apple": "red",
   "lime": "green",
   "banana": "yellow",
   "broccoli": "green",
   "strawberry": "red"
}

PowerShell

Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$success = $false

$json = New-Object Chilkat.JsonObject

$success = $json.Load("{`"apple`": `"red`",`"lime`": `"green`",`"banana`": `"yellow`",`"broccoli`": `"green`",`"strawberry`": `"red`"}")
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($json.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Rename "lime" to "lemon".
$success = $json.Rename("lime","lemon")
# Change the color to yellow:
$success = $json.SetStringOf("lemon","yellow")

# Rename by index.  Banana is at index 2 (apple is at index 0)
$success = $json.RenameAt(2,"bartlett_pear")

# Delete broccoli by name
$success = $json.Delete("broccoli")

# Delete apple by index.  Apple is at index 0.
$success = $json.DeleteAt(0)

$json.EmitCompact = $false
$($json.Emit())