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   {
       "id":"123", "result":
       {
           "0": { "children_id": "0", "name": "some name" },
           "1": { "children_id": "1", "name": "some other name" }
        }
    }

I have this pice of JSON string, how i can deserialize it using: JSON.NET http://json.codeplex.com ?

I was trying make some class which can hold my json object, but i i don't know how i can hold this "0" and "1".

public class Data
{
    public string children_id  { get; set; }
    public string name { get; set; }
}

public class RootObject
{
    public string id { get; set; }
    public List<Data> result { get; set; }
}
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Are you looking for this? new System.Web.Script.Serialization. JavaScriptSerializer().Deserialize(string) ? – Rosdi Kasim Jun 21 at 17:19

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This JSON looks badly designed. If you can have multiple children, it should be an array, such as:

{
   "id":"123", "result":
   [
       { "children_id": "0", "name": "some name" },
       { "children_id": "1", "name": "some other name" }
   ]
}

If you have control over the JSON generation, change that (your current C# code would work in deserialization). If you don't, you are better off deserializing that to a dictionary, which would make your RootObject look like this:

public class RootObject
{
    public string id { get; set; }
    public Dictionary<int, Data> result { get; set; }
}
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It would be much easier, but i get from one API such JSON string... Using this json online parser: json.parser.online.fr my example json is parasing like in result field is array. It's no way to parse it in easy way? – Yozer Jun 21 at 17:20
@Yozer Then, try the Dictionary solution. – Adrian Carneiro Jun 21 at 17:21
Thanks! It works perfectly. – Yozer Jun 21 at 17:31
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public class Data
{
    public string id { get; set; }
    public string name { get; set; }
}

public class RootObject
{
    public string id { get; set; }
    public Dictionary<string, Data> result { get; set; }
}
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Answers containing just code with no explanation are not very useful. – svick Jun 21 at 17:31
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JObject jObject = new JObject();
/* jObject = {
   "id":"123", "result":
   {
       "0": { "children_id": "0", "name": "some name" },
       "1": { "children_id": "1", "name": "some other name" }
    }
}
*/
foreach(var g in jObject["result"]){
   switch(g.Key()){
     case 0://do something
            break;
   }
}
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I don't understand what are you trying to say with this answer. – svick Jun 21 at 17:28

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