JSON.NET - Recognizing a nested array

Question

I have this code for getting values out of a json string.

        var json = @"[{""property"":""Status"",""value"":""val""}]";

        var jArray = JArray.Parse(json);

        foreach (JToken jToken in jArray)
        {
            var property = jToken.Value<string>("property");
            var value = jToken.Value<string>("value");             
        }

This works perfect for the provided input. But in some situations the value property may contain an array.

        var json = @"[{""property"":""Status"",""value"":[1,2]}]";

I'd like to check somehow if the value contains a simple value or an array. If the value is an array then bind it to a collection.

Is this possible using JSON.net ?

This is a different tack on it, but I use a variation of the code here: stackoverflow.com/questions/3142495/…. If you like that, I'll post my version of the code (it fixes some bugs, including, I believe, one that involved either contained arrays or contained objects. Can't remember which.) — Pete
– Pete, Commented Oct 25, 2013 at 20:08

Tim S. · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-25 20:03:09Z

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dynamic value = jToken["value"];
if (value is JArray)
    // do something

(you could use object instead of dynamic in my example, but dynamic might be easier to work with later)

answered Oct 25, 2013 at 20:03

Tim S.

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Brian Rogers Over a year ago

FYI, you can also use if (value.Type == JTokenType.Array).

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