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nlohmann::basic_json::type

constexpr value_t type() const noexcept;

Return the type of the JSON value as a value from the value_t enumeration.

Return value

the type of the JSON value

Value type return value
null value_t::null
boolean value_t::boolean
string value_t::string
number (integer) value_t::number_integer
number (unsigned integer) value_t::number_unsigned
number (floating-point) value_t::number_float
object value_t::object
array value_t::array
binary value_t::binary
discarded value_t::discarded

Exception safety

No-throw guarantee: this member function never throws exceptions.

Complexity

Constant.

Examples

Example

The following code exemplifies type() for all JSON types.

#include <iostream>
#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>

using json = nlohmann::json;

int main()
{
    // create JSON values
    json j_null;
    json j_boolean = true;
    json j_number_integer = -17;
    json j_number_unsigned = 42u;
    json j_number_float = 23.42;
    json j_object = {{"one", 1}, {"two", 2}};
    json j_array = {1, 2, 4, 8, 16};
    json j_string = "Hello, world";

    // call type()
    std::cout << std::boolalpha;
    std::cout << (j_null.type() == json::value_t::null) << '\n';
    std::cout << (j_boolean.type() == json::value_t::boolean) << '\n';
    std::cout << (j_number_integer.type() == json::value_t::number_integer) << '\n';
    std::cout << (j_number_unsigned.type() == json::value_t::number_unsigned) << '\n';
    std::cout << (j_number_float.type() == json::value_t::number_float) << '\n';
    std::cout << (j_object.type() == json::value_t::object) << '\n';
    std::cout << (j_array.type() == json::value_t::array) << '\n';
    std::cout << (j_string.type() == json::value_t::string) << '\n';
}

Output:

true
true
true
true
true
true
true
true

Version history

  • Added in version 1.0.0.
  • Added unsigned integer type in version 2.0.0.
  • Added binary type in version 3.8.0.
Last update: May 1, 2022