I'm trying to convert a json string to a string array
my json string: "[\"false\",\"true\"]"
var js = new System.Web.Script.Serialization.JavaScriptSerializer();
string[] strArray = new string[2];
strArray = js.Deserialize("[\"false\",\"true\"]", string[2]).ToArray();
but it only allows me to do a charArray.
I just need to be able to call my result as strArray[0] so that it will return "false"
Your example code wouldn't compile. The second parameter should be a Type object, which string[2] isn't. It should be this:
strArray = js.Deserialize("[\"false\",\"true\"]", typeof(string[]));
Or, as the other answer mentioned, you can use the other, generic overload for the method:
strArray = js.Deserialize<string[]>("[\"false\",\"true\"]");
Either one will do exactly the same thing. It's just handy to be able to pass a Type object sometimes if you don't know beforehand what the actual type will be. In this case you do, so it doesn't matter.
js.Deserialize(..., typeof(T)) and jsDeserialize<T>(...) would behave the same, no?
It's just handy to be able to pass a Type object sometimes if you don't know beforehand what the actual type will bejs.Deserialize(..., someObject.GetType()) without knowing beforehand what type someObject is (you just know the JSON is the same type). You cannot do that with Deserialize<T>().Why not use Newtonsoft's JArray type? It is built for this conversion and can handle many edge cases automatically.
var jArray = JArray.Parse("[\"false\",\"true\"]");
var strArray = jArray.ToObject<string[]>()
This will give you a string array. But you could also elect to use .ToArray() to convert to a JToken array which can sometimes be more useful.
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