Lets say I get the following json data from a web service which I can't change.
[
[
"Header1",
"Header2",
"Header3",
"Header4"
],
[
"FirstValue1",
"FirstValue2",
"FirstValue3",
"FirstValue4"
],
[
"SecondValue1",
"SecondValue2",
"SecondValue3",
"SecondValue4"
]
]
jsonlint.com tells me that it is valid json and from what I know I would agree.
But somehow I'm wondering is there any "easy" way to deserialize this to a class. Each of the values in the second and third array belongs to the corresponding header in the first array.
I know how to use Json.NET but can't get my head around on how to use it with this data structure.
Simple - you can use JsonConvert.DeserializeObject
to deserialize it to a string[][]
:
using System;
using System.IO;
using Newtonsoft.Json;
class Test
{
static void Main()
{
var json = File.ReadAllText("test.json");
string[][] array = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<string[][]>(json);
Console.WriteLine(array[1][3]); // FirstValue4
}
}
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