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JSON.GetArrayItemsAsList

Queries a list of all array entries.

Component Version macOS Windows Linux Server iOS SDK
JSON 4.2 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes
MBS( "JSON.GetArrayItemsAsList"; json { ; ReturnValues } )   More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example Flags
json A JSON text or reference. "[1,2,3]"
ReturnValues Available in MBS FileMaker Plugin 8.1 or newer.
Pass 1 to return values instead of keeping strings in quotes.
1 Optional

Result

Returns list or error.

Description

Queries a list of all array entries.
Intended for arrays containing text or numbers.

Broken in version 6.0. Please use 6.1. Version 6.5 and newer doesn't add an extra newline any more.

Examples

Query a list from JSON array:

MBS( "JSON.GetArrayItemsAsList"; "[1,2,3]" )

Now a list of strings:

MBS( "JSON.GetArrayItemsAsList"; "[\"Hello\",\"World\",\"Test\"]" )

Now an array with objects:

MBS( "JSON.GetArrayItemsAsList"; "[\"Hello\", \"World\", {\"Hello\": \"test\"}]" )

See also

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Created 18th August 2014, last changed 30th January 2018


JSON.GetArrayItems - JSON.GetArrayItemsAsQuickList