• ArrayChunked Method
• ArrayRange Method
• ArraySize Method
• ExtractMapped Method
• FileJSONAppend Method
• FileJSONGet Method
• FileJSONUpdate Method
• FileJSONUpsert Method
• FileToResultSet Method
• FileToResultSetEx Method
• ForEachString Method
• FormatMapped Method
• FromYaml Method
• getIndexed Method
• getJson Method
• getLength Method
• getProperty Method
• getPropertyString Method
• hasProperty Method
• isArray Method
• isObject Method
• JavascriptToJson Method
• JsonAddFields Method
• JSONAppend Method
• JsonForceObjectArray Method
• JsonFromCSV Method
• JSONGet Method
• JsonObjectFlatten Method
• JsonObjFlattenAndForceObjArray Method
• JsonShred Method
• JsonToCSV Method
• JSONUpdate Method
• JSONUpsert Method
• JWTSign Method
• JWTVerify Method
• nameIndexed Method
• OffsetToPath Method
• PathExtract Method
• PathToOffset Method
• push Method
• setCaseSensitive Method
• setIndexed Method
• setJson Method
• setProperty Method
• TemplateReplace Method
• ToResultSet Method
• ToResultSetEx Method
• ToYaml Method

 

Extension::JsonOffsetToPath Method

Syntax

Arguments

json

Json String to get a path from.

offset

Offset within the json string.

base

Optional Array/ String position base, defaults to 1.

Description

Convert the location in a json string to a 'path'. The 'base' argument indicates array/position start - Xbasic should be 1, javascript should be 0.

Discussion

In the following example, the string "NY" is searched for usig the at() command, and given the position within the string that is returned, return the path that contains the element.

Example

dim json as c = <<%json%
{
    "fname": "john",
    "lname": "public",
    "address": {
        "address1": "12 main street",
        "address2": "apt 2b",
        "state": "NY",
        "city": "Springfield"
    },
    "bill_address": {
        "address1": "12 main street",
        "address2": "apt 2b",
        "state": "NY",
        "city": "Statesville"
    }
}
%json%


? extension::json::OffsetToPath(json, at("\"NY\"",json) )
= "address.state"