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std::formatternlohmann::basic_json\

namespace std {
    template <>
    struct formatter<nlohmann::basic_json, char>;
}

Specialization to make JSON values formattable with std::format (and the other members of C++20's <format> header, such as std::format_to).

A subset of the standard format spec grammar is supported, repurposed for JSON pretty-printing; any other spec component (sign, the 0 flag, precision, L, a dynamic width such as #!cpp "{:{}}", or a trailing type character) throws std::format_error:

  • #!cpp "{}" serializes the value the same way as dump() (compact, no whitespace).
  • #!cpp "{:#}" ("alternate form") serializes the value the same way as #!cpp dump(4) (pretty-printed with an indent of 4).
  • A width, with or without #!cpp "#" (e.g. #!cpp "{:2}" or #!cpp "{:#2}"), serializes the value the same way as #!cpp dump(width) — a width on its own implies pretty-printing, since an indent size has no meaning for compact output.
  • fill-and-align (e.g. #!cpp "{:.>#}" or #!cpp "{:.>3}") picks a custom indent character, the same way as #!cpp dump(indent, indent_char). The alignment direction itself (#!cpp '<', #!cpp '>', #!cpp '^') has no separate meaning for JSON values — only the fill character before it is used, and any of the three directions is accepted.

This specialization is only available for #!cpp char-based JSON values and only if the standard library provides <format>, controlled by the JSON_HAS_STD_FORMAT macro.

Examples

??? example

The example shows how to format JSON values with `std::format`.

```cpp
--8<-- "examples/std_formatter.c++20.cpp"
```

Output:

```json
--8<-- "examples/std_formatter.c++20.output"
```

See also

Version history

  • Added in version 3.13.0.