How can return json string when value contains quotation mark (")

Question

Imagine that I have this json:

{
  "a":"b"
}

If I have a function in C++ that returns this json in string format, such as std::string getjson(), it would return stringified version of this json like:

"{\"a\":\"b\"}"

To be complete:

std::string getjson()
{
    return "{\"a\":\"b\"}";
}

myfavourite_jsonparser.parse(getjson());

This works.

Now imagine that the value of key in json contains a ":

{
  "a":"\"b"
}

How could I return this from std::string getjson() function?

Consider using [raw string literals](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/56710024/what-is-a-raw-string) when embedding things in strings. — chris, Oct 08 '20 at 08:04
Or even better use a json library rather than trying to construct it by hand — Alan Birtles, Oct 08 '20 at 08:28

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 08 '20 at 08:02

3

Just as you escape a quote with a backslash (\" results in "), a backslash can be used to escape backslashes as well. So \\ results in \.

So if you want to output \", then escape like this: \\\".

answered Oct 08 '20 at 08:02

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