Basic JSON Question

[JulesV]

There is an external json file whose content is in the following format.

{
    "Option 1": X,
    "Option 2": Y,
}

When I try to change the whole content of this external file to the following, I get a json error.

What is my systematic mistake here?

const var externalDat = 
{
    "Option 1": A,
    "Option 2": B,
    "Option 3": C,
    "Option 4": D,
};



inline function CheckOnLoad()
{
	local data = Engine.loadFromJSON("../MyFile.dat");
	
	data = externalDat;
				        
	Engine.dumpAsJSON(data, "../MyFile.dat");
			
}

[aaronventure]

@JulesV maybe it's that last comma at the end of your last property, but I figured HISE was mostly resistant to that. Perhaps not on export?

[d.healey]

@JulesV said in Basic JSON Question:

I get a json error.

What's the error message?

[JulesV]

@aaronventure @d-healey

The error is:

Only objects can be exported as JSON

Also tried data = trace(externalDat); still no luck.

[Christoph Hart]

@JulesV whats X and Y?

[JulesV]

@Christoph-Hart The variables I defined as const variables correspond to color codes in the script.

const White = 0xFFFFFFFF;

So the X is White in the real example.

[Lindon]

@JulesV start here:

const var externalDat = 
{
    "Option 1": A,
    "Option 2": B,
    "Option 3": C,
    "Option 4": D
};



inline function CheckOnLoad()
{
	local data = Engine.loadFromJSON("../MyFile.dat"););
	
	Console.print(trace(data));
	//data = externalDat;
				        
	//Engine.dumpAsJSON(data, "../MyFile.dat");
			
};

CheckOnLoad();