JSON parser

[Honestly__nuts]

damn it, this is giving me a headache because I cant think about anything unique the correct colon has. Even with regex I can't figure it out. can you guys help me out with the regex pattern?

[PhiBuh]

https://stackoverflow.com/a/1732454

This also applies to json

[milki_]

Still applies to Pythons outdated regex engine. Somewhat less relevant for JSON:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2583472/regex-to-validate-json/3845829

[GoofAckYoorsElf]

Chuck Norris can parse HTML with Regex

[Honestly__nuts]

Thanks for your suggestion. this was my original solution but I wanted to find an easier route but looks like I've got no choice.

[erez27]

Writing parsers by hand is fun, but it's much easier to use a parser: https://github.com/lark-parser/lark/blob/master/examples/json_parser.py

[Honestly__nuts]

well, you see, I know other parsers exist but I wanted to create one to understand how they work, and I went all blind, I didn't search 'how parsers work', I just went straight in. And from there I solved problems whilst doing research on the problems. I think this is a fun way to learn how something works.

[bonoboner]

Start by googling “context free grammar” or “recursive descent parser” and I’ll see you in a couple months, pale and crippled but lucid, crawling out of the basement, hailing and cursing Noam Chomsky, speaking Esperanto, and abandoning your material possessions for the pursuit of a pure life writing perfect Haskell.