Function Json_Encode

engine/script/src/script_json.cpp:180–200

encode a lua table to a JSON string * Encode a lua table to a JSON string. * A Lua error is raised for syntax errors. * * @name json.encode * @param tbl [type:table] lua table to encode * @param [options] [type:table] table with encode options * * - [type:string] `encode_empty_table_as_object`: whether to encode an empty table as an JSON object or array (def

     * ```
     */
    static int Json_Encode(lua_State* L)
    {
        int top = lua_gettop(L);
        if (top == 0)
        {
            luaL_error(L, "json.encode requires one argument.");
        }

        char* json = 0;
        size_t json_length = 0;
        if (LuaToJson(L, 1, 2, &json, &json_length))
        {
            lua_pushlstring(L, json, json_length);
            free(json);
        } else {
            lua_pushnil(L);
        }

        assert(top + 1 == lua_gettop(L));
        return 1;
    }

    /*# null
    * Represents the null primitive from a json file