rjson (version 0.1.0)

toJSON: Convert R To JSON

Description

Convert an R object into a corresponding JSON object.

Usage

toJSON( x )

Arguments

x

a vector or list to convert into a JSON object

Value

• a string containing the JSON object

See Also

fromJSON

Examples

x <- list( alpha = 1:5, beta = "Bravo", 
           gamma = list(a=1:3, b=NULL), 
           delta = c(TRUE, FALSE) )
json <- toJSON( x )
fromJSON( json )


#named vectors are treated as JSON objects (lists)
toJSON(islands[1:4])


#data.frames must be converted into a list before converting into JSON
plot(cars, pch=2)
json_cars <- toJSON(as.list(cars))
points( data.frame( fromJSON( json_cars ) ), col="red", pch=3 )