json_delete: Remove JSON element

In jsontools: Working with JSON Vectors

Description

Remote the elements at the specified paths from a JSON vector.

Usage

json_delete(x, ...)

Arguments

x	A JSON vector.
...	Paths to delete.

Value

A json2 vector similar to x with the specified paths removed from it.

Examples

x <- c('{"a": 11, "b": {"x": 12}}', NA)

json_delete(x, "$.a")
# remove from multiple paths at once
json_delete(x, "$.a", "$.b")
# remove at a nested path
json_delete(x, "$.b.x")

# non-existing elements are just ignored
json_delete(x, "$.abc")

jsontools documentation built on March 22, 2021, 5:06 p.m.