June 2018 Update

Task/JSON/Julia/json.julia

@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
-julia> import JSON
+# Pkg.add("JSON") ... an external library http://docs.julialang.org/en/latest/packages/packagelist/
+using JSON
 
-julia> JSON.parse("""{ "blue": [1,2], "ocean": "water" }""")
-["ocean"=>"water","blue"=>{1,2}]
+sample = Dict()
+sample["blue"] = [1, 2]
+sample["ocean"] = "water"
 
-julia> JSON.json({"blue" => [1,2] , "ocean" => "water"})
-"{\"ocean\":\"water\",\"blue\":[1,2]}"
+@show sample jsonstring = json(sample)
+@show jsonobj = JSON.parse(jsonstring)
+
+@assert jsonstring == "{\"ocean\":\"water\",\"blue\":[1,2]}"
+@assert jsonobj == Dict("ocean" => "water", "blue" => [1, 2])
+@assert typeof(jsonobj) == Dict{String, Any}