if(Value == "{}") Broken? (solved)

[Tanthos]

I think that the ability to check whether a json object is empty via simply comparing string value "{}" has been broken in the most recent version of maptool. I used to use it extensively before b91, but now it always causes an error. I'm thinking that the parser is taking the empty json as a literal empty json rather than allowing it to be considered a string.

Anyone else can confirm?

UPDATE: I also get an error if I check to see if a json object == 0. Apparently the IF statement does not like to compare json objects to any other variable type.

[aliasmask]

I don't think you can compare a json to a json that way. It may have worked before as a string comparison, but "{}" isn't really a string, but a json object. I recommend just using json.isEmpty(Value) instead because it works for strings and jsons. You can also use Wiki: json.equals().

[wolph42]

That (OP) broke on me in earlier versions as well so I always work with the Json functions as am suggested