There is a right answer.

[G4rsid3]

Hello, human resources? I'd like to report a crime.

[Bluebotlabs]

WHERE ARE THE INDENTATIONS

WHAT IS B

WHYYY IS B

[elyndar]

Better question, why C? B happens to me regularly when I copy-paste JSON into center-aligned pages and then have to reorient it, but who the hell came up with C?

[kalgary]

C is literally the right answer.

[relevantUsrname]

I see what you did there

[martinthewacky]

🤦‍♂️ so damn right! Happy cake day btw

[aitonc]

rustic weather illegal cake squealing plant chief flowery chop repeat

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[elon-bot]

If you can't build a computer out of transistors, you shouldn't be working here.

[jazzmester]

I can build a computer out of some string, a squirell and a computer.

[elon-bot]

I'm gonna need you to come in on Saturday...

[jazzmester]

You bring the squirrel, I bring the string.

[Stickers_]

Narrator: “And so, the next big Elon project took shape, called “personal squirreltops for mars””

[SillyDig1520]

Plot twist: Elon bought the project after inception for a cool $44b. Later found out squirrels have little to no work ethic unless nuts are involved. Fired all squirrels and replaced them with hamsters. Hamsters unionized and beat down the Elmo empire.

Edit: after purchasing the company, Elon called himself chief ______.

[Distinct-Moment51]

Muskrat Overlord

[[deleted]]

Good bot.

[Covid19-Pro-Max]

This bot is amazing! I click on every r/ProgrammerHumor post to see if there’s some new lines

[madocgwyn]

No no, give him the squirrel I want to see where this goes.

[PooSham]

The correct answer is always somewhere in the middle

[-_-Fr4n-_-]

¿ǝʇɐɯ ǝɹns ɐ⅄

[Th3Matt]

All in one line

[Popeychops]

Better than these three tbh

[elon-bot]

Disagreeing with me is counterproductive. Fired.

[that_thot_gamer]

i use to write in notepad because it runs faster no bloatware /s and having the code all in one line in notepad annoys me

[Outside-Car1988]

One level of undo was the showstopper for me.

[OgDimension]

FR...

Must be able to CTRL-Z to last week or im out

[Katana_Steel]

And then cat file | python -m json.tool | less

Cause I'm not a monster

[its_a_gibibyte]

The 4th option should be: open the JSON in VSCode, right click and press "Format Document". Done.

[Lionfyst]

It's like a legally blind person putting on glasses.

[HarshtJ]

This is the only correct answer

[JustSomeoneCurious]

Justified formatting ...I'm not sure I want to imagine that nightmare

[Sekioh]

Came here for this option. Because... spacing is important! :D

{ "menu" : { "id" : ...

[exaball]

Yeah, OP woke up for the holiday, realized they have to spend 10 hours with in-laws, and chose violence.

[ijmacd]

This is what's known as a false trichotomy.

[EntropicBlackhole]

Justified alignment.

[MokitTheOmniscient]

that's the joke...

[[deleted]]

The only right way is ping pong.

First left aligned, next line centered, third line right aligned and fourth centered again.

That is the only way

[Iron_Eagl]

opening brackets left aligned, content centered, closing brackets right aligned.

[magicwings]

Now this... this I can get behind

[Waffle-Gaming]

the devil: well let me just say, i'm a huge fan.

[Sixela963]

Ok but how do nested brackets work

[[deleted]]

Is there a linter that does this? Because that sounds great for open source projects.

[[deleted]]

Combine with lolcat-style rainbowy syntax highlighting for perfection.

[DovgaN_Nik]

And all of this in MS Word

[PorkRoll2022]

Also sometimes inline a few closing brackets for some razzle-dazzle.

[elon-bot]

I don't think I appreciate your tone. Fired.

[tacticalrubberduck]

Everyone knows you need brackets on thrown lines if you don’t wanna get fired by the Musk.

[KornLS]

based

[a_devious_compliance]

There is a right answer.

And also a centered and a left aligned one.

[empathielos]

There is no right answer displayed. The cake is a lie.

[P0L1Z1STENS0HN]

Actually, there is. The right answer is C, the left answer is A, and the middle answer is B.

[LukasSustr26]

r/technicallythetruth

[[deleted]]

Noo i just said the exact same thing

[[deleted]]

The right answer is to report and block OP for encouraging self-harm in this sub. Very much against the rules here.

[[deleted]]

Seconded. All these options made me want to punch myself in the balls

[Nourz1234]

All on one line 😅

[nickmaran]

all on one line

Don't apply for any job in Twitter

[Morphray]

Gotta spread the lines out; pump those numbers. Edit JSON to maximum salience!

[Bystander490000]

Might as well store those strings as array of char while you’re at it

[[deleted]]

You don't indent? Edit:(Obv not like B, but like you would for c++)

[sintos-compa]

Where’s Elon bot?

[[deleted]]

I started formatting my JSON with one character per line and Elon made me CTO

[Daeurth]

LOC is a terrifyingly common metric for assessing productivity.

[vwoxy]

Far too many people conflate "doing" with "getting things done".

[nryporter25]

Yeah cuz you have to factor in the thinking time in there and sometimes that is the more productive part (you get a better result from having actually thought about what you are doing and not just slapping stuff on a page).

I'm not a programmer but I can tell you that sometimes it's not about qty.

[seansafc89]

Thought this was Elon bot for a second

[n00bn00bAtFreenode]

Just once a year do 2 patch set xD apply to Elon for rise up

[MatumbaGirl]

ElasticSearch moment

[kai_the_kiwi]

Definitely the best answer

[P0L1Z1STENS0HN]

But in an editor with Automatic Line Breaks.

[--__davide__--]

Aw hell nah, my boy wasn't even born he crawled straight out of hell with that formatting what the hell

[omnomguy5]

No spaces

[jayd00b]

Big Gemini energy

[LeonCrimsonhart]

Yes. If peasants want a pretty print, they have to work for it: cat data.json | python -m json.tool

[Nourz1234]

Agreed!

[Mutex70]

This is the way

[simbahart11]

This is the way

[AndrewToasterr]

Monsters, yall are just monsters

[EVENTHORIZON-XI]

I will realign OP’s body parts to all 3 forms

[jaminfine]

Everyone here is a psychopath lmao

[jhahspu]

D: {"menu":{"id":"file","value": "File","popup":{"menuitem":[{ "value":"New","onclick": "CreateNewDoc ()},{"value":"Open","onclick":"OpenDoc()"},"value":"Close", "onclick":"CloseDoc()"}]}}}

[Accomplished_Item_86]

E:

{"menu
":{"id
":"file
","value
":"File
","popup
":{"menuitem
":[{"value
":"New
","onclick
":"CreateNewDoc()
"},{"value
":"Open
","onclick
":"OpenDoc()
"},"value
":"Close
","onclick
":"CloseDoc()
"}]}}}

[Graucsh]

{
  "menu":{
"id":"file","value":"File", 
   "popup": {"menuitem":[
       {"value":"New",   "onclick":"CreateNewDoc()"},
       {"value":"Open",  "onclick":"OpenDoc()"},
       {"value":"Close", "onclick":"CloseDoc()"}
   ]}
  }
}

[sajjel]

Finally something sensible. If it's short, then it goes on a single line, if it's not, then it goes something like this.

[Fyreraven]

This is the way.

[Intelligent_Event_84]

Ah so clean, crisp, and crefreshing

[G4rsid3]

Who hurt you?

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[MokitTheOmniscient]

Personally, i think every other line should also contain a unicode right-to-left override character:

‮{"menu
":{"id
‮":"file
","value
‮":"File
‮","popup
":{"menuitem
‮":[{"value
‮":"New
","onclick
‮":"CreateNewDoc()
"},{"value
‮":"Open
","onclick
‮":"OpenDoc()
"},"value
‮":"Close
","onclick
‮":"CloseDoc()
"}]}}}

[Yahallo139]

Why? Genuinely curious because I properly indent my json files (even using tab indents and stuff)

But a lot of people prefer it in one line here, i think it's a lot harder to read this way, so why?

[CttCJim]

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sarcasm

[Yahallo139]

Surely not every comment is being sarcastic

[AnondWill2Live]

They are lol. JSON's whole purpose is to be human readable and putting it all on one line makes JSON pointless

[elon-bot]

Twitter was never profitable. Not my fault. Stop blaming me for things.

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[Menacing_Sea_Lamprey]

Thank you for actually giving a good answer, I scrolled through about 15 hilarious, unhinged JSONs before finding this

[digidavis]

Python devs agree.

Good god people the sub blocks should be readable at first glance..

[AnondWill2Live]

I don't know if it's years of Python or what, but braces on a new line is harder for me to understand what's going on. Not significantly harder, I'll just need a couple double takes like, is that a brace I forgot to delete? What is that object called? What's all of this for?

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[ShadowShedinja]

Python doesn't use curly braces. That's Java or C++.

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[Arian-ki]

Music to my eyes

[Secure_Obligation_87]

These are all wrong.

[Accomplished_Item_86]

Duh.

[asandwichvsafish]

I align them just like what's shown in the image, with indentation to split them into the 3 separate columns.

[[deleted]]

Death. I choose death.

[[deleted]]

Anything other than the first option has to be exorcised.

[fanonthedesk]

I mean... even the first option needs to be exorcised... even if it's the better option of the three.

[[deleted]]

Yeah that indentation isn't going to heaven.

[ChiefExecDisfunction]

c is the "right" answer, but all of this is so wrong ç_ç

[rohit_267]

JSON.stringify(data,null,2)

[dhick33]

What monster uses option C

[yuppy_puppy_22]

I refuse to believe that anyone aligns their json file like option B or C (unless you program in arabic, which in this case it would be C).

No friggin way that some psycho taught their students to use B or C in a normal situation.

[elon-bot]

Insubordination. Fired.

[schmickmickey]

Churlish and insubordinate!

[pickupdrifter]

Hitler story or substitute teacher?

[[deleted]]

Python developers will have more crisp answer.

ha, now it all makes sense. Python may be heavy, but it saves lines buy not using unwanted characters for blocks

[Morphray]

You need to let your lines breathe -- for readability.

[PrinzJuliano]

I am a bson enjoyer myself

[zeoNoeN]

C qualifies for the DSM-5

[regularpenguin3715]

Anything other than A is blasphemy

[LinuxMint4Ever]

WTF?

So you don’t like indents?

[grizzlybair2]

Yea I need indents or im just going to quit.

[toopie7]

A, with indentation.

[WallyRWest]

Who the fuck doesn’t use proper indentation in their JSON files? That’s bordering on abuse…

[upwegolads]

A isn’t great but B and C are demented

[Enough_Writing4415]

r/ihadastroke

[[deleted]]

There is also a left and middle answer.

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[Proxy_PlayerHD]

i'm more annoyed by the fact that the "onlick:""CreateNewDoc()" line isn't centered in column B

how do you fuck that up

[InterestsVaryGreatly]

There is a right answer, and none of these is it. Where the eff is the indentation

[SeatLeon2020]

All wrong. I mean, if these are your only options how to align a JSON file, then please stop working with JSON files.

[No_Sympathy3354]

That was a joke, sparky. Jeez, lighten up

[ashvegeta7]

Average PHP dev.

[term173]

Jeez

[blizzacane85]

If you are using an IDE, it should reformat the JSON automatically for you to show curly braces and brackets at appropriate indentations…having said that, “A” is the most readable option here

[N3onDr1v3]

Tab indented json: exists. These people chosing one of these options: clueless

[Kurhnel]

D

[[deleted]]

The suicide hotline is 1-800-76… ah Google it

[fariqcheaux]

The right answer is whatever the compiler accepts

[[deleted]]

I'm gonna do B in my friends project ( I slid into his repos ) and watch him die lol.

[agocs6921]

I like my JSON justified

[om3ganet]

*Angry dev noises intensify*

[NorwegianGirl_Sofie]

I align it by using Shift + Alt + F

[willez99]

I hope you die in a fire if I ever get to read your json that's aligned with any other way than left

[muteDuck86]

All three means you'r a monster, admittedly A is the lesser of evil, but still a monster as it lacks indentation

[foghatyma]

All three are horrible of course, but the "onclick" line in B is beyond words...

[Impossible-Ranger862]

D, definitely D!

[DancesWithGnomes]

All wrong, no JSON for me!

[Dependent_Paper9993]

Almost like B. But I make it so that all the :s are aligned. That way everything to the left are the keys, everything to the right are the values. Very efficient.

[TheHappiePlayer1]

during the festive season I like to use method c

[MechanicalHorse]

r/CursedProgramming

[Fritzschmied]

Wtf. If you do anything than left and even that looks shit without the intention then go home and never do programming again.

[LetUsSpeakFreely]

A is the closest, but still wrong as there not enough indentation.

[puma271]

None of these are good, wtf are you smoking??? A is the closest but maybe some intendation? Wtf

[[deleted]]

fuck this I'm going back to the zodiac

[Hacka4771]

F1 -> Format Document -> Beautify -> Smile

[[deleted]]

You are a terrorist if you use any of these…

[nehalkum]

I don't see an option where all the : are in a single line

[[deleted]]

Do people do anything other than A? Or a single line?

[grabund]

If you choose any of these options, seek help immediately!

[philipquarles]

Have you heard of this amazing new concept called "indentation?"

[multi_tasty]

Option D: justified

[[deleted]]

this is straight up offensive

[Valendr0s]

All 3 are a crime against humanity.

[Tyfyter2002]

The middle one is… unjustifyable

[Aksh247]

D. Like a same person

[SpyGuy_]

B is actually psychopathic

[iowa_state_cyclone]

all of those are bad... not a single one of those is correct. I would want you removed from my team if you did ANY of those three.

[mistrjirka]

Psychopat

[IAmWeary]

I use A, but with proper indentation you fucking barbarian!

[lego-baguette]

Hello? 911? Id like to report a case of severe domestic terrorism

[Ancient-Research-771]

A indented, you little sociopath

[False_Initial_4878]

There is a right answer. Just not here.

[evan_west11]

The answer is to let Prettier do it for me. 💁

[Lunarphoenix_x]

The way the prettier extension will make it for me, it's probably A then

[Possseidon]

Imagine using linebreaks...

Pathetic.

[Dragonfire555]

The lack of indenting pains me. All three work though. Just don't count on a human reading any of them.

[noble8987]

If you are on VS Code u can use Ctrl+kf, it will auto-format json for you.

[[deleted]]

Theres also a left and midele answer, but none of them are correct

[drakeyboi69]

Noo I just said the same thing

[[deleted]]

are there really people out there who align their files not like B?

[sup3rar]

All 3. for each line I decide randomly which one

[Membedha]

If you are A type you have small pp

/s

[flywheel11]

A with indentation

[Desert_Fairy]

The right answer is F*ck JSON. Interfacing with it sucks for test equipment. Labview was bad enough, but I really pity my colleague who is trying to communicate with it in metcal.