PowerBuilder

JSON UpdateNumber vs UpdateInt

Demonstrates UpdateNumber vs UpdateString. PowerBuilder

integer li_rc
oleobject loo_Json

loo_Json = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Json.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Json
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if

// If a number is too large for a 32-bit signed integer, then call UpdateNumber instead of UpdateInt.
// The large integer is passed to UpdateNumber as a string, but in the JSON it will be an integer.

// For example:
loo_Json.UpdateNumber("largeNumber","6884556842")

// If the integer is small enough for a 32-bit signed integer, then use UpdateInt:
loo_Json.UpdateInt("reasonableInt",123456)

loo_Json.EmitCompact = 0
Write-Debug loo_Json.Emit()

// The output:
// Notice the large number passed as a string does not have quotes in the JSON

// {
//   "largeNumber": 6884556842,
//   "reasonableInt": 123456
// }


destroy loo_Json