JSON decoder/encoder eats arrays

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JSON decoder/encoder eats arrays

October 10, 2018
11:44 pm

heh

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Hello

On certain strings jsondecode / jsonencode in Matlab Analysis eat arrays.

First example reproduces the original string correctly:

json_inst = jsondecode ('{"array":[{"a":"b"},{"c":"d"}]}');
jsonencode (json_inst)

ans =

'{"array":[{"a":"b"},{"c":"d"}]}'

In the following example, codec eats the internal array in JSON structure:

json_inst = jsondecode ('{"array":[{"a":"b"}]}');
jsonencode (json_inst)

ans =

'{"array":{"a":"b"}}'

The second case must be a bug, because the result makes no sense.

October 11, 2018
2:18 pm

cstapels

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jsonencode is definitely a MATLAB issue. I would have a look at MATLAB answers, or the doc for jsonencode.
https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/index
https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/jsonencode.html

If you own a MATLAB license, you could contact support for help with this issue, depending on the terms of your license.

*Update*

This is an expected behavior from jsonencode.
In MATLAB arrays with one dimension are converted to scalar. The function jsonencode is considered an informal interface, and thus round trips are not guaranteed.

One possible workaround: If you know that something should be a scalar array, it should be wrapped in a cell array of length one. For example, j.signatures.arguments{1}.widgetData.choices = {j.signatures.arguments{1}.widgetData.choices};

November 16, 2018
9:16 am

heh

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Anyone who has Matlab license!

Please, report the issue to Matlab developers.
It is a minor issue to me, but must be a shame to them.

P.S. all this looks to me as if Matlab and ThingSpeak teams live on different planets 🙁

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