Colon in JSON string

string json escaping colon
ANNE Stahl picture ANNE Stahl · Jun 25, 2010 · Viewed 27k times · Source

Can I escape a colon : that is inside a JSON string? Currently this object/value set 

{ pn: "MT46H128M16LFCK-5 IT:A", 
  visible: false, 
  url: "/$ws$/29/1/products/ProductDetails.html?product=products/dram/MT46H128M16LFCK-5 IT" 
}

doesn't get read. I suspect it's due to the :A in the pn value. How do I escape it or otherwise grab it?

Answer

John Flatness picture John Flatness · Jun 25, 2010

If that's your actual JSON, your problem is that the identifiers (pn, visible, url), need to be quoted ("pn", "visible", "url").

As the comment said, colons don't need to be escaped in JSON string literals.

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