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parse

Description

Parses a string as JSON.

This is similar to the JavaScript .parse().

This function is not supported in SnapReduce or Spark pipelines.

Syntax
JSON.parse(text)
Examples

Expression: JSON.parse("null")

Result: The string "null" is converted into the null value


stringify

Description

Converts a JavaScript value to a JSON string.

This is similar to the JavaScript .stringify().

This function is not supported in SnapReduce or Spark pipelines.

Syntax
JSON.stringify(value)
Examples

Expression: JSON.stringify(null)

Result: The null value is converted into the string "null".


Expression: JSON.stringify(Date.now())

Result: The Date value is converted into a string, such as "2017-03-22T17:58:03.485Z".


Expression: JSON.stringify($array)
where $array contains [1,2,3.1,"one",true] 

 {array:{, ...}} 
      "array":  [1, 2, 3.1, one, true] 
           1, 

           2, 

           3.1, 

           "one", 

           true


Result: The array value is converted into the string "[1,2,3.1,"one",true]".



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