Re: JSON and Perl Objects - How to access data?

[jZed]

in reply to JSON and Perl Objects - How to access data?

The structure is a hashref that contains a single member with key "items" which consists of an arrayref that contains two hashrefs. So you have to dereference the arrayref to get its members something like this:

for my $item( @{$inventors_object->{items}} ){
    print $item->{name} . "\n";
};

To change the data:

$inventors_object->{items}->[0}->{name} = 'new name';

To turn it back into a JSON string:

my $new_json = objToJson( $inventors_object );

update here is your mistake:

@inventors_array = $inventors_obj->{"items"};

You are trying to turn an arrayref into an array without dereferencing it. Instead you want:

@inventors_array = @{ $inventors_obj->{"items"} };

[Anonymous Monk]

Man... thanks a lot.. i am trying to find useful info abt JSON and perl and this is pretty much the only one with some practical information. I still have not understood it completely but my sincere thanks. can u explain it to me wat exactly happens when u convert from json to perl obj. im lost in all the hashref and arrayref you are talking abt. Is it the object's structure that you are talking abt? if you could enumerate i would be grateful. thanks