The Vargas' JSON library (jdva)

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What is jdva?

jdva is an AWK library that offers functions to parse and create texts conform to the JSON grammar.

Software requirements

• A recent version of AWK.

Note:

For jdva to work in Windows it is necessary to have AWK installed. Git provides AWK.

Installation

1. Download the complete project writing:

$ git clone git://github.com/Qaracas/jdva.git

2. Go to new created directory:

$ cd jdva
(jdva) $

3. (Opcional) Set AWKPATH environment variable:

(jdva) $ export AWKPATH=${AWKPATH}:.:"$(pwd)""/src"

4. (Optional) Run tests program:

(jdva) $ cd pruebas
(jdva/pruebas) $
(jdva/pruebas) $ ./haz_pruebas

5. Copy src/bbl_jdva.awk and src/funcs_priv.awk files into the /usr/local/share/awk directory, or into any other directory listed in AWKPATH environment variable.

Start using

To access jdva library functions from your AWK program, include the bbl_jdva.awk file at the beginning.

#!/usr/bin/gawk -E

@include "bbl_jdva.awk"

BEGIN {
    #...
}

Or pass it through the include source file command line option.

gawk -i bbl_jdva.awk '{#...}'

Documentation

See README.tutorial.md for examples and README.functions.md for a complete list of library functions.

Take a look the ejemplos (examples) folder as well.

References

This library aims to conform with the JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) data exchange format defined in:

• RFC 7159
• ECMA-404

Authors

• Initial version - Qaracas
• List of contributors

License

This project is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL v3.0). Look at the file LICENSE for more details.