How to store a value from an json string to array

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Hi,

I am trying to fetch the value from json into array but somewhere i am going wrong. It is working but not fully.

My JSON String is : {{"WorkingDays":"Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday"},{"WorkingTime":"10 AM : 7 PM, 11 AM : 2 PM, 4 PM : 4 AM"}}

The code in my business logic is as follows :

C#

public string wsOutletRegistration(string str)
{

  string[] O_WorkingDays = null;
  string[] O_WorkingTime = null;
  string WorkingTime = string.Empty;

  String[] para = str.Split('{', '}', '[', ']', ':', '"');

  for (int i = 0; i < para.Length; i++)
  {
    if (para[i].Equals("WorkingDays"))
                    WorkingDays = para[i + 3];
                else if (para[i].Equals("WorkingTimeFrom"))
                //WorkingTime = para[i + 3];
                {
                    string[] from = {"", "", "", ""," ", ""};
                    string[] to = { "", "", "", "", "", "" };
                    int k = 0;
                    int h = 0;
                    WorkingTime = para[i + 1];
                    for (int j = (i + 3); j < para.Length - 1; j++)
                        WorkingTime = WorkingTime + para[j];
                    O_WorkingTime = WorkingTime.Split(' ', ',');
                    for (int j = 0; j < O_WorkingTime.Length; j++)
                    {
                        from[k] = O_WorkingTime[j] + O_WorkingTime[j + 1];
                        to[k] = O_WorkingTime[j + 3] + O_WorkingTime[j + 4];
                        j = j + 2;
                        k++;
                    }
                }
  }

What i want to get is from[k] should contain the values like 10AM, 11AM, 4PM and to[k] should contain 7PM , 2PM and 4AM.

But i am getting the result as from[k] = 10AM, 7PM, 11AM, 2PM, 4PM, 4AM
and to[k] = 7PM, 11AM, 2PM, 4PM, 4AM.

So what i am needed to change in my code so that i can get the values i am expecting. Please help me out.

Thanks in advance.....

Posted 30-Jul-12 20:32pm

rp786

Updated 30-Jul-12 20:39pm

Tadit Dash (ତଡିତ୍ କୁମାର ଦାଶ)

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WoodenLegNamedSmith 31-Jul-12 16:05pm

You could set up a DataContract and use System.Runtime.Serialization.Json;
Would be way more efficient than trying to write your own parser.

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Christian Graus · Answer 1 · 2012-07-31T12:19:00

This is horrible code. Like someone else said, you should use a library that parses JSON properly, but, don't create an empty array and ASSUME the array coming in is the same size. Use the List class, and call ToArray at the end if you need to.

If I had to parse this, I'd split on the , the read each string, split on the : and put those two values in to the two lists. Your code is so convoluted right now, I'm not sure why it's going wrong, or how it's running.