a5_json_to_excel Function
Syntax
dim result as L = a5_json_to_excel(JSON as C, filename as C)
Arguments
- JSONCharacter
The JSON data to export to Excel.
- filenameCharacter
The filename of the Excel file (must have a .xlsx extension.)
Returns
- resultLogical
Returns .t. if the excel file was created, otherwise .f.
Description
Exports data in a JSON document to an Excel file.
Discussion
The a5_json_to_excel function creates an Excel file from a JSON object. If the JSON document is an object with multiple arrays, each array is exported as a separate sheet in the Excel file.
If the JSON document is an array, the Excel file will have a single sheet called 'Table1'.
For example, if the JSON document shown below was exported to Excel, the Excel file would have two sheets ('customers' and 'phoneNumbers'). Each sheet would have the data in the corresponding array in the JSON data.
Example
{
"customers" : [
{"id": "1", "firstname" : "Fred", "lastname": "Jones"},
{"id": "2", "firstname" : "Mary", "lastname": "Nickerson"}
],
"phoneNumbers" : [
{"id": "1", "type" : "Home", "number" : "555-555-1234"},
{"id": "1", "type" : "Office", "number" : "555-555-1235"},
{"id": "2", "type" : "Home", "number" : "555-555-1236"},
{"id": "2", "type" : "Office", "number" : "555-555-1237"},
{"id": "2", "type" : "Vacation", "number" : "555-555-1238"}
]
}