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JSON: Nested Array

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Here we have a JSON object that contains nested arrays. This example demonstrates how to access the contents of the nested arrays.
{
 "numbers" : [ 
    ["even", 2, 4, 6, 8], 
    ["prime", 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13] 
  ] }

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#include <C_CkJsonObjectW.h>
#include <C_CkJsonArrayW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkJsonObjectW json;
    const wchar_t *jsonStr;
    HCkJsonArrayW outerArray;
    int numArrays;
    int i;
    HCkJsonArrayW innerArray;
    int numInnerItems;
    int j;

    success = FALSE;

    json = CkJsonObjectW_Create();

    // This is the above JSON with whitespace chars removed (SPACE, TAB, CR, and LF chars).
    // The presence of whitespace chars for pretty-printing makes no difference to the Load
    // method. 
    jsonStr = L"{ \"numbers\" : [ [\"even\", 2, 4, 6, 8], [\"prime\", 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13] ] }";

    success = CkJsonObjectW_Load(json,jsonStr);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkJsonObjectW_lastErrorText(json));
        CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);
        return;
    }

    // Get the value of the "numbers" object, which is an array that contains JSON arrays.
    outerArray = CkJsonObjectW_ArrayOf(json,L"numbers");
    if (CkJsonObjectW_getLastMethodSuccess(json) == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"numbers array not found.\n");
        CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);
        return;
    }

    numArrays = CkJsonArrayW_getSize(outerArray);

    for (i = 0; i <= numArrays - 1; i++) {

        innerArray = CkJsonArrayW_ArrayAt(outerArray,i);

        // The first item in the innerArray is a string
        wprintf(L"%s:\n",CkJsonArrayW_stringAt(innerArray,0));

        numInnerItems = CkJsonArrayW_getSize(innerArray);

        for (j = 1; j <= numInnerItems - 1; j++) {

            wprintf(L"  %d\n",CkJsonArrayW_IntAt(innerArray,j));

        }

        CkJsonArrayW_Dispose(innerArray);
    }

    CkJsonArrayW_Dispose(outerArray);


    CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);

    }