Can a JSON value contain a multiline string

Question

I am writing a JSON file which would be read by a Java program. The fragment is as follows...

{
  "testCases" :
  {
    "case.1" :
    {
      "scenario" : "this the case 1.",
      "result" : "this is a very long line which is not easily readble.
                  so i would like to write it in multiple lines.
                  but, i do NOT require any new lines in the output.
                  I need to split the string value in this input file only.
                  such that I don't require to slide the horizontal scroll again and again while verifying the correctness of the statements.
                  the prev line, I have shown, without splitting just to give a feel of my problem"
    }
  }
}

Answer 1

Per the specification, the JSON grammar's char production can take the following values:

• any-Unicode-character-except-"-or-\-or-control-character
• \"
• \\
• \/
• \b
• \f
• \n
• \r
• \t
• \u four-hex-digits

Newlines are "control characters", so no, you may not have a literal newline within your string. However, you may encode it using whatever combination of \n and \r you require.

The JSONLint tool confirms that your JSON is invalid.

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And, if you want to write newlines inside your JSON syntax without actually including newlines in the data, then you're doubly out of luck. While JSON is intended to be human-friendly to a degree, it is still data and you're trying to apply arbitrary formatting to that data. That is absolutely not what JSON is about.