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$insert SRPJSONX

// Create a new document with a json object as the root. All documentsName it whatever. Names are for documentation namedonly forand debuggingnever purposesused onlylater.
SRP_JsonX_Begin('MyDocument', '{')
	
	// Since we are in an object, the first parameter should be a member name followed by a value
	// In this case, the value is "[", which starts a new array and makes that array the current element
    SRP_JsonX('employees', '[')

		// Since we are in an array, the first parameter should be a value. In this case, we are starting a new object
		SRP_JsonX('{')
			SRP_JsonX('firstname', 'John')	; // Since we're in an object, the first parameter is a member name and the second is its value
			SRP_JsonX('lastname', 'Doe')
			SRP_JsonX('age', 21)
		SRP_JsonX('}')

		// Note on the previous line that passing "}" closes an object and moves the current element back to the parent, so when we call this next
		// line, we are back in the array. Once again, we'll add an employee object
		SRP_JsonX('{')
		    SRP_JsonX('firstname', 'Anna')
		    SRP_JsonX('lastname', 'Smith')
		    SRP_JsonX('age', 32)
		SRP_JsonX('}')

		// We can also pass json strings as a value, which get fully parsed and added to the current element, which is the employees array
		SRP_JsonX('{"firstname":"Peter", "lastname":"Jones", "age":43}')

	// This line closes the array and sets the current element back to the root object
    SRP_JsonX(']')

	// When you pass numbers as values, JsonX assumes you want that value to be unquoted in the final json
 	SRP_JsonX('count', 4)

	// To pass a boolean value, we need to add a hint parameter. Hints always come after values
 	SRP_JsonX('active', 1, 'Bool')

	// To set something to null, omit the value. If you cannot omit the value, you can set the hint to 'Null'
 	SRP_JsonX('alwaysnull')

	// If you want a number to be quoted in the json, use the 'String' hint
 	SRP_JsonX('alwaysstring', 4.321, 'String')

// We're all done, so let's turn the document into pretty formatted json and end it at the same time
Json = SRP_JsonX_End('Pretty')