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<span class=w> </span><span class=nt>&quot;logOutput&quot;</span><span class=p>:</span><span class=w> </span><span class=s2>&quot;result.log&quot;</span><span class=p>,</span>
<span class=w> </span><span class=nt>&quot;append&quot;</span><span class=p>:</span><span class=w> </span><span class=kc>true</span>
<span class=p>}</span>
</code></pre></div> <p>Assume the value is parsed to a <code>json</code> variable <code>j</code>.</p> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>expression</th> <th>value</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><code class=highlight><span class=n>j</span></code></td> <td><code class=highlight><span class=p>{</span><span class=nt>&quot;logOutput&quot;</span><span class=p>:</span><span class=w> </span><span class=s2>&quot;result.log&quot;</span><span class=p>,</span><span class=w> </span><span class=nt>&quot;append&quot;</span><span class=p>:</span><span class=w> </span><span class=kc>true</span><span class=p>}</span></code></td> </tr> <tr> <td><code class=highlight><span class=n>j</span><span class=p>.</span><span class=n>value</span><span class=p>(</span><span class=s>&quot;logOutput&quot;</span><span class=p>,</span><span class=w> </span><span class=s>&quot;logfile.log&quot;</span><span class=p>)</span></code></td> <td><code class=highlight><span class=s2>&quot;result.log&quot;</span></code></td> </tr> <tr> <td><code class=highlight><span class=n>j</span><span class=p>.</span><span class=n>value</span><span class=p>(</span><span class=s>&quot;append&quot;</span><span class=p>,</span><span class=w> </span><span class=nb>true</span><span class=p>)</span></code></td> <td><code class=highlight><span class=kc>true</span></code></td> </tr> <tr> <td><code class=highlight><span class=n>j</span><span class=p>.</span><span class=n>value</span><span class=p>(</span><span class=s>&quot;append&quot;</span><span class=p>,</span><span class=w> </span><span class=nb>false</span><span class=p>)</span></code></td> <td><code class=highlight><span class=kc>true</span></code></td> </tr> <tr> <td><code class=highlight><span class=n>j</span><span class=p>.</span><span class=n>value</span><span class=p>(</span><span class=s>&quot;logLevel&quot;</span><span class=p>,</span><span class=w> </span><span class=s>&quot;verbose&quot;</span><span class=p>)</span></code></td> <td><code class=highlight><span class=s2>&quot;verbose&quot;</span></code></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </details> <h2 id=notes>Notes<a class=headerlink href=#notes title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2> <div class="admonition failure"> <p class=admonition-title>Exceptions</p> <ul> <li><code>value</code> can only be used with objects. For other types, a <a href=../../../home/exceptions/#jsonexceptiontype_error306><code>basic_json::type_error</code></a> is thrown.</li> </ul> </div> <div class="admonition warning"> <p class=admonition-title>Return type</p> <p>The value function is a template, and the return type of the function is determined by the type of the provided default value unless otherwise specified. This can have unexpected effects. In the example below, we store a 64-bit unsigned integer. We get exactly that value when using <a href=../../../api/basic_json/operator%5B%5D/ ><code>operator[]</code></a>. However, when we call <code>value</code> and provide <code class=highlight><span class=mi>0</span></code> as default value, then <code class=highlight><span class=mi>-1</span></code> is returned. The occurs, because <code class=highlight><span class=mi>0</span></code> has type <code class=highlight><span class=kt>int</span></code> which overflows when handling the value <code class=highlight><span class=mi>18446744073709551615</span></code>.</p> <p>To address this issue, either provide a correctly typed default value or use the template parameter to specify the desired return type. Note that this issue occurs even when a value is stored at the provided key, and the default value is not used as the return value.</p> <div class=highlight><pre><span></span><code><span class=cp>#include</span><span class=w> </span><span class=cpf>&lt;iostream&gt;</span>
</code></pre></div> <p>Assume the value is parsed to a <code>json</code> variable <code>j</code>.</p> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>expression</th> <th>value</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><code class=highlight><span class=n>j</span></code></td> <td><code class=highlight><span class=p>{</span><span class=nt>&quot;logOutput&quot;</span><span class=p>:</span><span class=w> </span><span class=s2>&quot;result.log&quot;</span><span class=p>,</span><span class=w> </span><span class=nt>&quot;append&quot;</span><span class=p>:</span><span class=w> </span><span class=kc>true</span><span class=p>}</span></code></td> </tr> <tr> <td><code class=highlight><span class=n>j</span><span class=p>.</span><span class=n>value</span><span class=p>(</span><span class=s>&quot;logOutput&quot;</span><span class=p>,</span><span class=w> </span><span class=s>&quot;logfile.log&quot;</span><span class=p>)</span></code></td> <td><code class=highlight><span class=s2>&quot;result.log&quot;</span></code></td> </tr> <tr> <td><code class=highlight><span class=n>j</span><span class=p>.</span><span class=n>value</span><span class=p>(</span><span class=s>&quot;append&quot;</span><span class=p>,</span><span class=w> </span><span class=nb>true</span><span class=p>)</span></code></td> <td><code class=highlight><span class=kc>true</span></code></td> </tr> <tr> <td><code class=highlight><span class=n>j</span><span class=p>.</span><span class=n>value</span><span class=p>(</span><span class=s>&quot;append&quot;</span><span class=p>,</span><span class=w> </span><span class=nb>false</span><span class=p>)</span></code></td> <td><code class=highlight><span class=kc>true</span></code></td> </tr> <tr> <td><code class=highlight><span class=n>j</span><span class=p>.</span><span class=n>value</span><span class=p>(</span><span class=s>&quot;logLevel&quot;</span><span class=p>,</span><span class=w> </span><span class=s>&quot;verbose&quot;</span><span class=p>)</span></code></td> <td><code class=highlight><span class=s2>&quot;verbose&quot;</span></code></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </details> <h2 id=notes>Notes<a class=headerlink href=#notes title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2> <div class="admonition failure"> <p class=admonition-title>Exceptions</p> <ul> <li>With string keys, <code>value</code> can only be used with objects. For other types, a <a href=../../../home/exceptions/#jsonexceptiontype_error306><code>basic_json::type_error</code></a> is thrown.</li> <li>With <abbr title="JavaScript Object Notation">JSON</abbr> Pointers, <code>value</code> can be used with both objects and arrays. For other types (null, boolean, number, string), a <a href=../../../home/exceptions/#jsonexceptiontype_error306><code>basic_json::type_error</code></a> is thrown.</li> </ul> </div> <div class="admonition warning"> <p class=admonition-title>Return type</p> <p>The value function is a template, and the return type of the function is determined by the type of the provided default value unless otherwise specified. This can have unexpected effects. In the example below, we store a 64-bit unsigned integer. We get exactly that value when using <a href=../../../api/basic_json/operator%5B%5D/ ><code>operator[]</code></a>. However, when we call <code>value</code> and provide <code class=highlight><span class=mi>0</span></code> as default value, then <code class=highlight><span class=mi>-1</span></code> is returned. The occurs, because <code class=highlight><span class=mi>0</span></code> has type <code class=highlight><span class=kt>int</span></code> which overflows when handling the value <code class=highlight><span class=mi>18446744073709551615</span></code>.</p> <p>To address this issue, either provide a correctly typed default value or use the template parameter to specify the desired return type. Note that this issue occurs even when a value is stored at the provided key, and the default value is not used as the return value.</p> <div class=highlight><pre><span></span><code><span class=cp>#include</span><span class=w> </span><span class=cpf>&lt;iostream&gt;</span>
<span class=cp>#include</span><span class=w> </span><span class=cpf>&lt;nlohmann/json.hpp&gt;</span>
<span class=k>using</span><span class=w> </span><span class=n>json</span><span class=w> </span><span class=o>=</span><span class=w> </span><span class=n>nlohmann</span><span class=o>::</span><span class=n>json</span><span class=p>;</span>
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@
<span class=err>de</span><span class=kc>fault</span><span class=w> </span><span class=err>value</span><span class=w> </span><span class=err>(i</span><span class=kc>nt</span><span class=err>)</span><span class=p>:</span><span class=w> </span><span class=mi>-1</span>
<span class=err>de</span><span class=kc>fault</span><span class=w> </span><span class=err>value</span><span class=w> </span><span class=err>(ui</span><span class=kc>nt</span><span class=mi>64</span><span class=err>_</span><span class=kc>t</span><span class=err>)</span><span class=p>:</span><span class=w> </span><span class=mi>18446744073709551615</span>
<span class=err>explici</span><span class=kc>t</span><span class=w> </span><span class=err>re</span><span class=kc>turn</span><span class=w> </span><span class=err>value</span><span class=w> </span><span class=kc>t</span><span class=err>ype</span><span class=p>:</span><span class=w> </span><span class=mi>18446744073709551615</span>
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