json serialization of floating-point values

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I'm writing a JSON library for C (see https://github.com/DanielWaterworth/Butterfly ). I can serialize every other data type, but floating-points have stumped me. I need to write 2 functions:

The first takes as an argument the number (as a double) to be serialized and returns the length that the serialized string would be (minus the null terminator).
The second takes as arguments the number (as a double) and a buffer (which is at least as long as the output of the previous function). It then writes to the buffer and returns the length of the serialized string.

All I need is some helpful hints to get me started.

dan_waterworth · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-01 11:32:24Z

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I have a working implementation using snprintf and asprintf. It seems that this is the technique that python's repr function used to use until they moved to a dtoa based approach. I'm still interested in other approaches.

answered Apr 1, 2011 at 11:32

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