Symbol.getValueJson Function

Format

s = symbol_name.getValueJson(ʃserializationOptions := serialization_optionsʅ);

Description

The Symbol.getValueJson function returns the JSON representation of a symbol's value. The optional serialization_options argument allows you to specify how the symbol should be serialized, potentially overriding the default application settings.

You can use the Symbol.getJson function if you want to work with the symbol's metadata, or both the metadata and value. You can also use the Logic.getSymbolValue action to get a symbol's value.

The following table describes the value-related serialization routines available for CSPro objects and contains links to the description of the JSON representation for each object.

Documentation about JSON representations feature will come in a future release. In the meantime you can see if the documentation is updated at:

https://www.csprousers.org/help/CSPro/symbols_json_representation.html

Object	Value -> JSON	JSON -> Value
numeric	✔	✔
string, alpha	✔	✔
Array	✔	✔
Audio	✔	✔
Block
Dictionary	✔
Document	✔	✔
File	✔
Freq	✔
function
Geometry	✔	✔
HashMap	✔	✔
Image	✔	✔
Item
List	✔	✔
Map
Pff
Record
Report
SystemApp	✔	✔
ValueSet	✔	✔

Return Value

The function returns the JSON representation of the symbol's value. If the function is called on a symbol that does not support the serialization of its value as JSON, a runtime error is issued and the function returns a blank string.

Example

List string usmca_countries = "Canada", "Mexico", "United States";
errmsg("%s", usmca_countries.getValueJson());

The JSON result may look similar to:

[
"Canada",
"Mexico",
"United States"
]