Lua

JSON Paths that need Double Quotes

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This example explains and demonstrates the situations where parts within a JSON path need to be enclosed in double-quotes. Lua

local chilkat = require("chilkat")

-- Imagine we have the following JSON:

--     {
--       "Meta Data": {
--         "1: Symbol": "MSFT",
--         "2: Indicator": "Relative Strength Index (RSI)",
--         "3: Last Refreshed": "2017-07-28 09:30:00",
--         "4: Interval": "15min",
--         "5: Time Period": 10,
--         "6: Series Type": "close",
--         "7: Time Zone": "US/Eastern Time"
--       },
--       "Technical Analysis: RSI": {
--         "2017-07-28 09:30": {
--           "RSI": "38.6964"
--         },
--         "2017-07-27 16:00": {
--           "RSI": "50.0088"
--         }
--     }

-- The path to the RSI valud 38.6964 is Technical Analysis: RSI.2017-07-28 09:30.RSI

-- Whenever a path part contains a SPACE or "." char, that part must be enclosed
-- in double quotes.  For example:

local json = chilkat.JsonObject.new()
json:load_file("qa_data/json/rsi.json")

print("RSI: " .. json:string_of("\"Technical Analysis: RSI\".\"2017-07-28 09:30\".RSI"))

-- output is 38.6964