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Niels Lohmann ffd4242dc2 Docs: fill documentation gaps found in user questions (#5907)
* Docs: fill documentation gaps found in user questions

Add pages on class-hierarchy/smart-pointer/variant/chrono recipes, working
without exceptions, and large, streamed and partial input. Extend the FAQ
(23 entries, Known bugs first), parse error documentation (empty-input
checklist, line/column, diagnostic positions), element access, conversions,
creating values, ADL troubleshooting, memory, and build/distribution notes.
Add 14 examples with generated output. Correct the statement that parse errors
cannot be recovered from with -fno-exceptions.

The topics come from recurring questions on Stack Overflow, Reddit, Hacker
News, YouTube, and the project's GitHub discussions and issues.

Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>

* docs: declare range-for lists in variables to keep astyle quiet

astyle reformats a braced init list placed directly in a range-for
header; declare the list first so check_amalgamation passes.

Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>

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Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>
2026-10-25 12:07:13 +01:00

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#include <iostream>
#include <utility>
#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
using json = nlohmann::json;
// line and column (both starting at 1) of a byte index in a text
std::pair<std::size_t, std::size_t> line_column(const std::string& input, std::size_t byte)
{
std::size_t line = 1;
std::size_t column = 1;
for (std::size_t i = 0; i + 1 < byte && i < input.size(); ++i)
{
if (input[i] == '\n')
{
++line;
column = 1;
}
else
{
++column;
}
}
return {line, column};
}
int main()
{
const std::string input = "{\n \"a\": 1,\n \"b\": ]\n}";
try
{
const json j = json::parse(input);
std::cout << j << '\n';
}
catch (const json::parse_error& e)
{
const auto position = line_column(input, e.byte);
std::cout << e.what() << '\n';
std::cout << "byte " << e.byte << " = line " << position.first << ", column " << position.second << '\n';
}
}