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How to escape JSON string?

Asked 2009-08-06T23:40:42.760
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Are there any classes/functions available to be used for easy JSON escaping? I'd rather not have to write my own.

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Yep, just add the following function to your Utils class or something:

    public static string cleanForJSON(string s)
    {
        if (s == null || s.Length == 0) {
            return "";
        }

        char         c = '\0';
        int          i;
        int          len = s.Length;
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(len + 4);
        String       t;

        for (i = 0; i < len; i += 1) {
            c = s[i];
            switch (c) {
                case '\\':
                case '"':
                    sb.Append('\\');
                    sb.Append(c);
                    break;
                case '/':
                    sb.Append('\\');
                    sb.Append(c);
                    break;
                case '\b':
                    sb.Append("\\b");
                    break;
                case '\t':
                    sb.Append("\\t");
                    break;
                case '\n':
                    sb.Append("\\n");
                    break;
                case '\f':
                    sb.Append("\\f");
                    break;
                case '\r':
                    sb.Append("\\r");
                    break;
                default:
                    if (c < ' ') {
                        t = "000" + String.Format("X", c);
                        sb.Append("\\u" + t.Substring(t.Length - 4));
                    } else {
                        sb.Append(c);
                    }
                    break;
            }
        }
        return sb.ToString();
    }
answered 2013-07-17T05:14:18.917

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