De-serialize JSON array in c#

Question

I have a very odd JSON array as follows

[["1","hello"],["2","hello2"],["3","hello3"],["",""],["",""],[null,null],[null,null],[null,null],[null,null],[null,null]]

I need to de-serialize in c# but there doesn't seem to be anything common to convert it to I tried string but then I get the follow error:

Type string is not supported for deserialization of an array.

This is the code I tried:

string jsonString = new System.Web.Script.Serialization.JavaScriptSerializer().Deserialize<string>(json);

How would you get at the strings in the JSON?

What are you using to deserialize? Have you tried taking a look at json.net? — Dimse
– Dimse, Commented Jan 20, 2015 at 11:18

Jan Köhler · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-20 11:27:15Z

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You could deserialize it to an array of string arrays:

string[][] jsonString = new System.Web.Script.Serialization.JavaScriptSerializer().Deserialize<string[][]>(json);

Or maybe a list of string-tuples (Dictionary could be problematic due to the lack of unique keys):

List<Tuple<string, string>> jsonString = new System.Web.Script.Serialization.JavaScriptSerializer().Deserialze<List<Tuple<string, string>>(json);

answered Jan 20, 2015 at 11:22

Jan Köhler

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Ah your on to something that's a massive help, thanks :)