Alphabetically sorted JSON

Little requirement came up from a partner wanting to have the keys in their JSON alphabetically sorted.

So we’ve added an optional ‘alphasort’ parameter to json.serialize.

This is a fragment of code you can use to test the new option (incidentally it will appear in Iguana 5.6.5):


local T = {c='life', b='smith', a='jim'}
local J = json.serialize{data=T,alphasort=true, compact=false}


Here’s a screenshot showing it in action.

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Curious to see if anyone else finds it useful.

This is great, Eliot. I had one of my team members mention recently that the JSON presentation could be ordered in a way that would make it easier to find elements, and alphabetically sorting it is a big improvement. Thanks!

Jeff Drumm ◊ VP and COO ◊ HICG, LLC. ◊ http://www.hicgrp.com

Very good 🙂