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JSON Pretty print, useful for editor stuff without having to deserialize/serialize it again
using System.Text;
public static class JsonFormatter
{
private const string Indent = " ";
public static string PrettyPrint(string input)
{
var output = new StringBuilder(input.Length * 2);
char? quote = null;
int depth = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < input.Length; ++i)
{
char ch = input[i];
switch (ch)
{
case '{':
case '[':
output.Append(ch);
if (!quote.HasValue)
{
output.AppendLine();
output.Append(Indent.Repeat(++depth));
}
break;
case '}':
case ']':
if (quote.HasValue)
output.Append(ch);
else
{
output.AppendLine();
output.Append(Indent.Repeat(--depth));
output.Append(ch);
}
break;
case '"':
case '\'':
output.Append(ch);
if (quote.HasValue)
{
if (!output.IsEscaped(i))
quote = null;
}
else quote = ch;
break;
case ',':
output.Append(ch);
if (!quote.HasValue)
{
output.AppendLine();
output.Append(Indent.Repeat(depth));
}
break;
case ':':
if (quote.HasValue) output.Append(ch);
else output.Append(" : ");
break;
default:
if (quote.HasValue || !char.IsWhiteSpace(ch))
output.Append(ch);
break;
}
}
return output.ToString();
}
}
internal static class StringExtensions
{
public static string Repeat(this string str, int count)
{
return new StringBuilder().Insert(0, str, count).ToString();
}
public static bool IsEscaped(this string str, int index)
{
bool escaped = false;
while (index > 0 && str[--index] == '\\') escaped = !escaped;
return escaped;
}
public static bool IsEscaped(this StringBuilder str, int index)
{
return str.ToString().IsEscaped(index);
}
}
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