Re: JSON Syntax error

[Henrik Rützou <hr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jon,

you can't have a object and a object }{ - that is forbidden, but you can
name the objects

"abc" : { ... },   // you still need the comma to separate the abc and def
element
"def" : { ... }

On Sun, Mar 12, 2017 at 11:37 PM, Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Thanks Don - I tried a similar approach and also tried adding the [ for an
> array to get the repeats - but still can't make it work.
>
> I also tried coding some XML (where I understand repeating elements) and
> using an on-line convertor to convert it to json - sadly it doesn't help
> because it converts it to a series of arrays which is not how the original
> data is presented.
>
>
> Jon Paris
>
> www.partner400.com
> www.SystemiDeveloper.com
>
> > On Mar 12, 2017, at 6:00 PM, Don Brown <DBrown@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > The first part validated correctly and the second part validated
> correctly
> > so I modified as follows and the complete string validated correctly.
> >
> > While this now validates if you have not pasted the entire string that
> may
> > be why this change worked.
> >
> > I don't know JSON but the repeating section I think needs to be enclosed
> > in [ ] not { }
> >
> > {
> >        "userName": "BERT      ",
> >        "userAge": 28,
> >        "userWeight": 180,
> >        "userGender": "M",
> >        "userHeight": "72",
> >        "mID": "GB",
> >
> >        "workoutDate": {
> >                "Month": 2,
> >                "Day": 22,
> >                "Year": 2016
> >        },
> >        "distance": 10.1,
> >        "finishTime": {
> >                "Hours": 13,
> >                "Minutes": 38
> >        },
> >        "pctAverageHeartRateInZone": 0.0,
> >        "averageSpeed": 15.1,
> >        "totalWorkoutTime": {
> >                "Hours": 0,
> >                "Minutes": 40
> >        },
> >        "averageWattsPerHour": 75.0,
> >        "totalCalories": 211.0,
> >        "avgHeartRate": 129.3,
> >        "avgRpm": 62,
> >        "avgLevel": 4
> > }
> >
> >
> > Don Brown
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > From:   Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To:     "Web400@Midrange. Com" <web400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date:   13/03/2017 07:03 AM
> > Subject:        [WEB400] JSON Syntax error
> > Sent by:        "WEB400" <web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >
> >
> > The JSON below is an extract from a file produced by an exercise bike. It
> > has a syntax error apparently but I'm danged if I can see what it is -
> > admittedly I'm shaky on JSON so it is probably something obvious but ...
> >
> > The array/collection/whatever that begins with as "workoutDate" is the
> > part of the file that repeats. I've tried various minor corrections on
> the
> > assumption that the error has to be trivial but without success.
> >
> > {
> >                 "userName": "BERT      ",
> >                 "userAge": 28,
> >                 "userWeight": 180,
> >                 "userGender": "M",
> >                 "userHeight": "72",
> >                 "mID": "GB"
> > } {
> >                 "workoutDate": {
> >                                 "Month": 2,
> >                                 "Day": 22,
> >                                 "Year": 2016
> >                 },
> >                 "distance": 10.1,
> >                 "finishTime": {
> >                                 "Hours": 13,
> >                                 "Minutes": 38
> >                 },
> >                 "pctAverageHeartRateInZone": 0.0,
> >                 "averageSpeed": 15.1,
> >                 "totalWorkoutTime": {
> >                                 "Hours": 0,
> >                                 "Minutes": 40
> >                 },
> >                 "averageWattsPerHour": 75.0,
> >                 "totalCalories": 211.0,
> >                 "avgHeartRate": 129.3,
> >                 "avgRpm": 62,
> >                 "avgLevel": 4
> > }
> >
> > Can somebody spot what the problem is here.
> >
> >
> > Jon Paris
> >
> > www.partner400.com
> > www.SystemiDeveloper.com
> >
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