#include #include using json_document = nlohmann::json_document; using json_view = nlohmann::json_view; int main() { // a price and an order id from an incoming order -- both need to be // reproduced exactly, e.g. for an invoice or an audit log json_document doc = json_document::parse(R"( {"price": 19.90, "order_id": 1234567890123456789012345, "quantity": 3} )"); const json_view order = doc.root(); // number_token() returns the number exactly as written in the source std::cout << order["price"].number_token() << '\n'; std::cout << order["order_id"].number_token() << '\n'; // get() converts it instead -- the exact source text is gone: // "19.90" becomes the double closest to 19.9, printed without the // trailing zero, and the 25-digit order id -- far beyond any 64-bit // integer -- can only be approximated as a double std::cout << order["price"].get() << '\n'; std::cout << order.materialize()["order_id"].dump() << '\n'; // an ordinary quantity has nothing to lose either way std::cout << order["quantity"].number_token() << " == " << order["quantity"].get() << '\n'; }