Question

First thanks to Pentium10 for this answer! it got me one step further.

I have a JSONArray which is generated in php by

echo (json_encode($output));

which generates this output

// linebreaks only for readability, they do not exist in the response
[["Fitch's Chemist","731 Hay St","[phone]"],
["Ferrara Karaoke Bar","67 Milligan Street","[phone]"],
["Target: Perth","712-720 Hay St","[phone]"],
["C Restaurant","44 St Georges Tce","[phone]"],
["Celona Joe Tailors","146 Murray St","[phone]"],
["Fashion In Colour","Shop 2, 138 Barrack St","[phone]"],
["Mainpeak","858 Hay St","[phone]"],
["Fj Storen Painting Contractors","34 Queen St","[phone]"],
["Financial Pathfinders","Level 4\/81 St Georges Tce","[phone]"],
["Seasons of Perth","37 Pier St","[phone]"],
["David Jones","622 Hay St","[phone]"],
["Pharmacity Chemist Supermart","717 Hay St","[phone]"],
["Austcare","10 Pier St","[phone]"],
["Western Australia","8 Pier St","[phone]"],
["Oceanic Cruises","5 Barrack","[phone]"]]

This outputs the list array filled as follows;

list(0)["Fitch's Chemist","731 Hay St","[phone]"]
list(1)["Ferrara Karaoke Bar","67 Milligan Street","[phone]"]

what I now need to do is extract this further so that the “” enclosed data is stored in three separate arrays

    try {
        JSONArray jsonArray = new JSONArray(response);
        List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
        for (int i=0; i<jsonArray.length(); i++) {
            list.add( jsonArray.getString(i) );
            JSONArray jsonList = new JSONArray(list);
            BusinessName.add(jsonList.getString(0));
            Address.add(jsonList.getString(1));
            TelNo.add(jsonList.getString(2));
        }
    } catch (JSONException e) {
        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
        e.printStackTrace();
      }

Thanks Martin

Answer 1

edit: I tried your example and the code nearly works but has one little mistake. You shouldn’t use list to get the JSONArray jsonList.

This works (tested):

// this string is just used for testing, use your response...
String json = "[[\"Fitch's Chemist\",\"731 Hay St\",\"[phone]\"],"
            + "[\"Ferrara Karaoke Bar\",\"67 Milligan Street\",\"[phone]\"],"
            + "[\"Target: Perth\",\"712-720 Hay St\",\"[phone]\"],"
            + "[\"C Restaurant\",\"44 St Georges Tce\",\"[phone]\"],"
            + "[\"Celona Joe Tailors\",\"146 Murray St\",\"[phone]\"],"
            + "[\"Fashion In Colour\",\"Shop 2, 138 Barrack St\",\"[phone]\"],"
            + "[\"Mainpeak\",\"858 Hay St\",\"[phone]\"],"
            + "[\"Fj Storen Painting Contractors\",\"34 Queen St\",\"[phone]\"],"
            + "[\"Financial Pathfinders\",\"Level 4/81 St Georges Tce\",\"[phone]\"],"
            + "[\"Seasons of Perth\",\"37 Pier St\",\"[phone]\"],"
            + "[\"David Jones\",\"622 Hay St\",\"[phone]\"],"
            + "[\"Pharmacity Chemist Supermart\",\"717 Hay St\",\"[phone]\"],"
            + "[\"Austcare\",\"10 Pier St\",\"[phone]\"],"
            + "[\"Western Australia\",\"8 Pier St\",\"[phone]\"],"
            + "[\"Oceanic Cruises\",\"5 Barrack\",\"[phone]\"]]";

try {
    JSONArray jsonArray = new JSONArray(json);
    List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
    for (int i = 0; i < jsonArray.length(); i++) {
        list.add(jsonArray.getString(i));
        // thats the correct line:
        JSONArray jsonList = new JSONArray(jsonArray.getString(i));
        // Used for debug/test, use your own objects BusinessName, Address and TelNo
        System.out.println(jsonList.getString(0) + ":" + jsonList.getString(1) + ":" + jsonList.getString(2));
    }
} catch (JSONException e) {
    // TODO Auto-generated catch block
    e.printStackTrace();
}