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Class | JSONObject
Name | ### setJSONArray()
Examples |
    String[] species = { "Capra hircus", "Panthera pardus", "Equus zebra" };
    String[] names = { "Goat", "Leopard", "Zebra" };

    JSONObject json;

    void setup() {

      JSONArray values = new JSONArray();

      for (int i = 0; i < species.length; i++) {

        JSONObject animal = new JSONObject();

        animal.setInt("id", i);
        animal.setString("species", species[i]);
        animal.setString("name", names[i]);

        values.setJSONObject(i, animal);
      }

      json = new JSONObject();
      json.setJSONArray("animals", values);

      saveJSONObject(json, "data/new.json");
    }

    // Sketch saves the following to a file called "new.json":
    // {"animals": [
    //   {
    //     "id": 0,
    //     "species": "Capra hircus",
    //     "name": "Goat"
    //   },
    //   {
    //     "id": 1,
    //     "species": "Panthera pardus",
    //     "name": "Leopard"
    //   },
    //   {
    //     "id": 2,
    //     "species": "Equus zebra",
    //     "name": "Zebra"
    //   }
    // ]}
Description | Sets the value of the JSONArray with the associated key.
Syntax |
    .setJSONArray(key, value)
Parameters |
key | String: a key string
value | JSONArray: value to assign
Returns | JSONObject
Related | setJSONObject() getJSONObject() getJSONArray()

Updated on May 19, 2014 05:30:04pm PDT