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pre {outline: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 5px; margin: 5px; }
.string { color: green; }
.number { color: darkorange; }
.boolean { color: blue; }
.null { color: magenta; }
.key { color: red; }
/*
Will include function code of objects, useful for display debugging or demo purposes.
*/
function JSONHighlightForJSObject(obj) {
var jsonText = JSON.stringify(obj, function(key, value) {
if (typeof value === "function") {
return value.toString();
}
return value;
}, 2);
return JSONHighlight(jsonText);
}
function JSONHighlight(json) {
if (typeof json != 'string') {
json = JSON.stringify(json, undefined, 2);
}
json = json.replace(/&/g, '&amp;').replace(/</g, '&lt;').replace(/>/g, '&gt;');
return json.replace(/("(\\u[a-zA-Z0-9]{4}|\\[^u]|[^\\"])*"(\s*:)?|\b(true|false|null)\b|-?\d+(?:\.\d*)?(?:[eE][+\-]?\d+)?)/g, function (match) {
var cls = 'number';
if (/^"/.test(match)) {
if (/:$/.test(match)) {
cls = 'key';
} else {
cls = 'string';
}
} else if (/true|false/.test(match)) {
cls = 'boolean';
} else if (/null/.test(match)) {
cls = 'null';
}
return '<span class="' + cls + '">' + match + '</span>';
});
}
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