(solved) How to get an json-object list as token property?

[Mastyrial]

This is what I have
In my campaign, I have a token-property named "listOfObjects", which is supposed to contain one or more json-objects.
Example of the value of listOfObjects:
id=Dark Knight; x=1;y=2
The idea is to have a token's name and x/y-positions of that token.

My macro (for one single json object):

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[h: string = getProperty("ListOfObjects", "tokenWithListOfObjects" ) ]
[h: myJson = json.fromStrProp(string)]
[r:json.get(myJson, "id")]<br>
[r:json.get(myJson, "x")]<br>
[r:json.get(myJson, "y")]<br>

Result:
Dark Knight
1
2

That's fine: I can read the token's name and his x- and y-positions.

My Problem
Now I want to expand this to have more than one json-object in my listOfObjects.
But I do not get the syntax right. I tried several variations with brackets [ ], {}, with and without quotation marks, with id:Dark Knight and id=Dark Knight, with "," instead of ";" asf. Nothing worked so far - and the wiki has confused me more on this subject than it helped.

So, how does a list of json objects of the type [id=<String/Tokenname>, x=<number>, y=<number>] look like? Is it possible to read a list of json objects from a token-property-string?
My goal is to work on this list with a foreach-loop and send every token on this list to the given x- and y-position.

Greetings, Mastyrial

[wolph42]

its not entirely clear what you want. apparently you wnat nested json objects? but you want to construct them by building a string? or by using the proper json functions?

overall, its does not really matter. What really matters is if you could explain *what* it is you want to achieve. that helps us understand and then we can tell you whether nested json objects are the way to go, or that you should e.g. use strprops, or arrays, or lists, etc.

[Mastyrial]

Sorry for the unclear description.

I imagine something like this as a token-property value (written by hand):
{id=Token1, x=1, y=1}, {id=Token2, x=10, y=5}, {id=Token7, x=-4, y=80}

I want to read this list and send each token to it's location:
Token1 => send to 1,1
Token2 => send to 10, 5
Token7 => send to -4,80

I have thought that a json-object would fit for this? That I could use a foreach on each item of this list?

[Mastyrial]

I found a way to make it work: Using regular expressions.
Not the most elegant way, I guess, but it works.

[wolph42]

The way to go is with objects and arrays.
[{"token":"bla","x":5,"y":"6"},{...},{...}]

That is an array of json objects.

[aliasmask]

You're talking about having an array of objects. If you want to create it manually, you have to use the correct syntax. But I recommend building your data using the MT functions.

Syntax

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[{"key1":"value1","key2":1},{"key1":"value2","key2":2}]

Using json functions:

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[H: setProperty(propName,json.append("",
    json.set("{}","key1","value1","key2",1),
    json.set("{}","key1","value2","key2",2)
))]

I usually have a macro to build my data if it's a one time thing and call it something like initData.

[Mastyrial]

Thank you both.
I'll try that the next time I extend my "click button to fill a room with all needed tokens/objects" kind of map.

Greetings, Mastyrial

[wolph42]

Ah, * that* is it you want to achieve. You Ca San use the summon macro of my bag of tricks. In Sig.