JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a lightweight data interchange format that is easy for humans to read and write and easy for machines to parse and generate. It is based on a subset of the JavaScript Programming Language, Standard ECMA-262 3rd Edition - December 1999. JSON is a text format that is language independent, but uses conventions that are familiar to programmers of the C-family of languages, including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Perl, Python, and many others. These properties make JSON an ideal data-interchange language.
JSON is primarily used to transmit data between a server and a web application, as an alternative to XML. JSON is also used for storing data in files and for configuration files.
Here is an example of a JSON object:
Copy code{
"name": "John Smith",
"age": 30,
"city": "New York"
}
This object has three properties: "name", "age", and "city". The values of these properties are "John Smith", 30, and "New York", respectively.
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RunCode Workspaces is a cloud-based development environment that allows you to write, run, and debug code in a variety of programming languages, including JavaScript. JSON can be used in JavaScript code that is run in a RunCode Workspaces environment.
To use JSON in a JavaScript file that is run in a RunCode Workspaces environment, you will need to import the JSON object using the import statement. Here is an example of how to do this:
Copy codeimport * as JSON from 'json';
const jsonString = '{"name":"John Smith","age":30,"city":"New York"}';
const object = JSON.parse(jsonString);
console.log(object.name); // Outputs: "John Smith"
In this example, we use the JSON.parse method to convert the JSON string into a JavaScript object. We can then access the properties of the object using dot notation, as shown.
You can also use the JSON.stringify method to convert a JavaScript object into a JSON string. For example:
Copy codeimport * as JSON from 'json';
const object = {
name: 'John Smith',
age: 30,
city: 'New York'
};
const jsonString = JSON.stringify(object);
console.log(jsonString); // Outputs: '{"name":"John Smith","age":30,"city":"New York"}'
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