String (Json function)
Create a String JSON object (Json class)
[Introduced in Model 204 7.6]
This function creates a Json object of the string type.
Syntax
%json = [%(Json):]String( unicode)
Syntax terms
| %json | Json object |
|---|---|
| [%(Json):] | The optional class name in parentheses denotes a virtual constructor. |
| unicode | The unicode value of the string Json object. EBCDIC strings are automatically converted to unicode. |
Usage notes
- As with all virtual or true constructors, it is usually not necessary to specify the
%(json):before the String method. That is%json = %(json):string("foo")is equivalent to%json = string("foo"). And, because of implicit conversion it is not even necessary to specify the String method so the previous could be written%json = "foo". - The String method is probably most useful when its input value has a numeric type but semantically the value is a string (like a numeric product code).
Examples
The following (silly) example, creates a Json string object whose value comes from a numeric variable:
b %productCode is float %json is object json %productCode = 74321 %json = string(%productCode) printText {~=%json} end
This prints:
%json="74321"