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Asked: 2026-05-25T21:51:22+00:00

I would like to know whether this JSON script example I made is well

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I would like to know whether this JSON script example I made is well formatted and whether it does make sense to put the information like this.

{"menu": {
  "drinks": [
    {"coke": "20"},
    {"pepsi": "20"},
    {"water": "20"}
  ],
  "junk-food": [
    {"hamburger": "40"},
    {"fries": "20"},
    {"pizza": "20"}
  ]
}}

I already validated the script with http://jsonlint.com/ but still I would like to a little more since I’m very new.

For some context on the use of the script, I’m going to parse the script with Python.

It is meant to organize elements of a GUI that will look more or less like this:

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On the second window, a listbox similar to the first one will appear with the corresponding item and respective price.

  • Is it correct JSON?
  • Does this structure make sense?
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  1. Editorial Team

    The JSON is correct. The structure doesn’t have much semantic meaning though. I changed the structure so that it has more meaning and will be more manageable when attributes are added. 

    {"menu": {
    "items": [
        {
            "name":"coke",
            "qty": 20,
            "category":"drinks",
            "sizes":["small","large"]
        },
        {
            "name":"pepsi",
            "qty": 20,
            "category":"drinks",
            "sizes":["small","large"]
        },
        {
            "name":"water",
            "qty": 20,
            "category":"drinks",
            "sizes":["small","large"]
        },
        {
            "name":"hamburger",
            "qty": 40,
            "category":"junk food",
            "sizes":["small","large"]
        },
        {
            "name":"fries",
            "qty": 20,
            "category":"junk food",
            "sizes":["small","large"]
        },
        {
            "name":"pizza",
            "qty": 20,
            "category":"junk food",
            "sizes":["small","large"]
        }
    ]
}}

    to save space you could do something like this too,

    {"menu": {
    "items": [
        {
            "name":"coke",
            "qty": 20,
            "category":0,
            "sizes":["small","large"]
        },
        {
            "name":"pepsi",
            "qty": 20,
            "category":0,
            "sizes":["small","large"]
        },
        {
            "name":"water",
            "qty": 20,
            "category":0,
            "sizes":["small","large"]
        },
        {
            "name":"hamburger",
            "qty": 40,
            "category":1,
            "sizes":["small","large"]
        },
        {
            "name":"fries",
            "qty": 20,
            "category":1,
            "sizes":["small","large"]
        },
        {
            "name":"pizza",
            "qty": 20,
            "category":1,
            "sizes":["small","large"]
        }
    ],
    "categories":[
        "drinks",
        "junk food"
    ]
}}
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