Assigning numeric value to non-sequential table

[iViscosity]

So I have this strong of JSON:

Code: Text

1.  
2. {
3.       "default": [
4.          {
5.             "name": "Default",
6.             "access": "user",
7.             "temp": false
8.          }
9.       ],
10.       "en": [
11.          {
12.             "name": "English",
13.             "access": "user",  
14.             "temp": false
15.          }
16.       ],
17.       "dead": [
18.          {
19.             "name": "Dead",
20.             "access": "user",
21.             "temp": false
22.          }
23.       ],
24.       "es": [
25.          {
26.             "name": "Español",
27.             "access": "user",
28.             "temp": false
29.          }
30.       ],
31.       "admin": [
32.          {
33.             "name": "Admins",
34.             "access": "operator",
35.             "temp": false
36.          }
37.       ]
38.    }
39.  

Which I then have converted into a table using util.JSONToTable. I don't have the ability to test it right now (I can in a few hours but not at the moment -- I'll edit this if I can test before someone responds), but how does this _exactly_ work in this case. On the wiki page, it says

WARNING   
This function converts keys to numbers whenever possible

How would this affect my table? I need to access these tables like "SCC.Channels[ "default" ]" or something like that, but if the command assigns numeric keys, I could access it like "SCC.Channels[ 1 ].name" or something.


Like I said I can test this myself in a couple hours but I can't right now (at school). Is there anyone who knows this for sure?




EDIT: Ran it myself:

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lua_run tab = util.JSONToTable( '{ "default": [ { "name": "Default", "access": "user", "temp": false } ], "en": [ { "name": "English", "access": "user",   "temp": false } ] }') PrintTable( tab )and this is the output:

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default:
1:
access   =   user
name   =   Default
temp   =   false
en:
1:
access   =   user
name   =   English
temp   =   false
But I'm having a bit of trouble understanding it, what is the "1:" doing under the "en:" and "default:"? Does that mean it would need to be SCC.Channels[ "default" ][ 1 ].name?
From what I understand, table structure would look like this:

Code: Lua

1. SCC.Channels = {
2.     "default" = {
3.         [1] = {
4.             "access" = "user",
5.             "name" = "Default",
6.             "temp" = false
7.         }
8.     }
9. }
10.  

Am I correct?


I've never used this tool before so if someone could help me understand, that'd be appreciated.


EDIT2: Now that I think about it, I could use "ULib.parseKeyValues" and "ULib.makeKeyValues" as my addon does (for now, at least) rely on ULib. But I'd still like to understand this as I do want it to be standalone.

[Megiddo]

The following snippet of JSON:

Code: Text

1. "default": [
2.          {
3.             "name": "Default",
4.             "access": "user",
5.             "temp": false
6.          }
7.       ],

This converts to an array of objects, and you only have one item in the array. This is why it looks a little strange on the other side. [...] --> array. {...} --> dictionary.

[iViscosity]

Ok... so I tried doing this:

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{
    "default": {
        "name": "Default",
        "access": "user",
        "temp": false
    }
}and that seems to work out better. I've never had to use JSON directly before so this is new for me