toJSON {rjson}R Documentation

Convert R To JSON

Description

Convert an R object into a corresponding JSON object.

***Lists with unnamed components are not currently supported***

Usage

toJSON( x )

Arguments

x a vector or list to convert into a JSON object

Value

a string containing the JSON object

See Also

fromJSON

Examples

x <- list( alpha = 1:5, beta = "Bravo", 
           gamma = list(a=1:3, b=NULL), 
           delta = c(TRUE, FALSE) )
json <- toJSON( x )
fromJSON( json )

#named vectors are treated as JSON objects (lists)
toJSON(islands[1:4])

#data.frames must be converted into a list before converting into JSON
plot(cars, pch=2)
json_cars <- toJSON(as.list(cars))
points( data.frame( fromJSON( json_cars ) ), col="red", pch=3 )

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