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JsonValue.ReadFrom(Text) Method

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Version: Available or changed with runtime version 1.0.

Reads the JSON data into a JsonValue variable.

Syntax

[Ok := ]  JsonValue.ReadFrom(Data: Text)

Parameters

JsonValue
 Type: JsonValue
An instance of the JsonValue data type.

Data
 Type: Text
The String object from which the JSON data will be read.

Return Value

[Optional] Ok
 Type: Boolean
true if the read was successful; otherwise, false. If you omit this optional return value and the operation does not execute successfully, a runtime error will occur.

Remarks

This method can fail if the JSON data is malformed. If the operation succeeds, the JsonValue will be disconnected from its current JSON tree and the data contained by the JsonValue will be replaced with the new value. To delete the contents in a JsonValue variable use the Clear function.

Clear(JsonValue)

Example

This example shows how to read JSON data from a string into a JsonValue variable.

local procedure ReadJson(data : Text) result : JsonValue;
begin
    result.ReadFrom(data);    
end;

See Also

JsonValue Data Type
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