(Ruby) 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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require '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") + "\n";

# Output:
# member data: בדיק

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

# Output:
# {"example":"בדיק"}