json.serialization(table)

Description

This function is utilized convert a Lua table to a JSON string.

Parameters

• table – a Lua table

Return

Returns a JSON string containing the information from the input table.

Examples

-- Convert the dataTable to json and write it to a file on the hard drive

function SaveData()

       dataTable = { UIData = {ComboIndex = 1, RadioIndex = 2, Path = "C:\\MyFolder\\"}, 

                    Numbers = {X = 1, Y = 2.123, Z = 3.123} }

    local f = assert(io.open("C:\\myjsondata.json", "w"))

    f:write(json.serialize(dataTable))

    f:close()

end