What is wrong with this JSON file?

Question

I put it in a parser and all it gives me is "expecting string on line 19". I have no idea what that means.

{
    "name": "Rajeev",
    "children": [
        {
            "name": "Joe",
            "children": [
                {
                    "name": "Kevin",
                    "children": [
                        {
                            "name": "George"
                        }
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "name": "John",
                    "children": [
                        {
                            "name": "Barb",

                        }{
                            "name": "Michael",

                        }{
                            "name": "Charles"
                        }
                    ]{
                        "name": "Ravinder"
                    ]
                },

It's just not valid JSON. You need to learn the rules of JSON so that you can understand what's valid and what isn't. — cookie monster, Mar 13 '14 at 14:53
To check and validate your json data [jsonlint](http://jsonlint.com/) is your friend. — user1614080, Mar 13 '14 at 17:54

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 13 '14 at 14:54

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Your commas are in the wrong place, e.g.

"children": [
                    {
                        "name": "Barb"

                    },{
                        "name": "Michael"

                    },{
                        "name": "Charles"
                    }
                ]

answered Mar 13 '14 at 14:54

Stephen Thomas

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Good point, Stephen. BTW, please undelete your answer in [this question](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22360919/javascript-use-var-value-as-name-for-new-var) -- I wanted to upvote and leave a comment. It wasn't the winning solution, but it did work and gave me some good ideas. (In fact, it almost was what I ended up staying with.) Worth keeping. – cssyphus Mar 13 '14 at 20:40

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 13 '14 at 14:57

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The left one is the right one. see for yourself. you had many extra , and unclosed { and [

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answered Mar 13 '14 at 14:57

Royi Namir

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@downvoter. tnx. I think it's the best answer to show and teach. IMHO. – Royi Namir Mar 13 '14 at 14:58

martskins · Answer 3 · 2014-03-13T15:03:06.877

Sorry for the first answer, I saw a missing comma and automatically assumed that was it, but there were many other errors in there. I think this is what you're trying to do

[
        {
            "name": "Rajeev",
            "children": [
                {
                    "name": "Joe",
                    "children": [
                        {
                            "name": "Kevin",
                            "children": [
                                {
                                    "name": "George"
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "John",
                            "children": [
                                {
                                    "name": "Barb"
                                },
                                {
                                    "name": "Michael"
                                },
                                {
                                    "name": "Charles"
                                }
                            ]
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Ravinder"
        }
    ]

While there are missing commas (plural!), they aren't the cause of the error the question is asking about. — Quentin, Mar 13 '14 at 14:55
@Quentin: I think he's asking generally what's wrong with the JSON file, as suggested by the title. — cookie monster, Mar 13 '14 at 14:58

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 13 '14 at 14:54

You have a property / value:

     "name": "Barb",

… with a trailing comma so the next thing must be another property / value (the string mentioned in the error message is the property name).

However you have:

}{

Either remove the comma or add more details about Barb.

Then you will need to put a comma between the two objects:

}, {

It seems likely that you intended to place the comma causing teh error between the two objects, so you can just move them.

(You have similar errors throughout the rest of the file)

What is wrong with this JSON file?

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