JSON Datatypes

JSON supports following datatypes:

1. Number
2. String
3. Boolean
4. Array
5. Object
6. null

Number

It can be a decimal integer or decimal floating point number. Octal and hexadecimal formats are not supported.

Syntax

var json_num_obj = { “string” : number_value1, string : number_value2…….}

Usage

var json_student= { “maths”: 80, “science” : 87, “social” :78}

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String

It is a sequence of zero or more characters put inside as double quotes.

Syntax

var json_str_obj = { “string” : “str_value1″, “string” : “str_value2″…….}

Usage

var json_str_fullname = { “firstName”:”Programmer” , “lastName”:”Guru” }

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Boolean

It includes true or false values.

Syntax

var json_bool_obj = { “string”: true/false…….}

Usage

var json_stud_rank = { “distinction”:true , “class topper”:true }

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Array

It is an ordered collection of values.

The values are enclosed square brackets which means that array begins with ‘[' and ends with ']‘

The values are separated by ,(comma).

Array index starts from 0.

Syntax

var json_bool_obj = { “string1″: [
{"string2": "string":"value"},
{"string2": "string":"value"},
{"string2": "string":"value"},
]
}

Usage

var json_lang_array =
{ “languages”: [
{ "language":"C" , "Creator":"Dennis Ritchie" },
{ "language":"C++" , "Creator":"Bjarne Stroustrup" },
{ "language":"Java" , "Creator":"James Gosling" }
]
}

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Object

It is an unordered set of name/value pairs.

Object are enclosed in curly braces like it starts with ‘{‘ and ends with ‘}’.

Each name is followed by ‘:’(colon) and the name/value pairs are separated by , (comma). Make sure both name and value are enclosed within double quotes.

The keys must be strings and should be different from each other.

Syntax

var json_bool_obj = { “string1″: “value”.”string2″:”value”……..}

Usage

var json_obj = { “Language”:”JSON” , “Author”:”Douglas Crockford”}

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Null

It means empty type.

Syntax

var json_null_obj = { “Language”:null }

Usage

var i = null;
if(i==1)
{
document.write(“<h1>value is 1</h1>”);
}
else
{
document.write(“<h1>value is null</h1>”);
}