JSON for Modern C++  2.1.1
template<template< typename U, typename V, typename...Args > class ObjectType = std::map, template< typename U, typename...Args > class ArrayType = std::vector, class StringType = std::string, class BooleanType = bool, class NumberIntegerType = std::int64_t, class NumberUnsignedType = std::uint64_t, class NumberFloatType = double, template< typename U > class AllocatorType = std::allocator, template< typename T, typename SFINAE=void > class JSONSerializer = adl_serializer>
const_iterator nlohmann::basic_json::find ( typename object_t::key_type  key) const
inline

find an element in a JSON object Finds an element in a JSON object with key equivalent to key. If the element is not found or the JSON value is not an object, end() is returned.

Note
This method always returns end() when executed on a JSON type that is not an object.
Parameters
[in]keykey value of the element to search for
Returns
Iterator to an element with key equivalent to key. If no such element is found or the JSON value is not an object, past-the-end (see end()) iterator is returned.
Complexity
Logarithmic in the size of the JSON object.
Example
The example shows how find() is used.
1 #include <json.hpp>
2 
3 using json = nlohmann::json;
4 
5 int main()
6 {
7  // create a JSON object
8  json j_object = {{"one", 1}, {"two", 2}};
9 
10  // call find
11  auto it_two = j_object.find("two");
12  auto it_three = j_object.find("three");
13 
14  // print values
15  std::cout << std::boolalpha;
16  std::cout << "\"two\" was found: " << (it_two != j_object.end()) << '\n';
17  std::cout << "value at key \"two\": " << *it_two << '\n';
18  std::cout << "\"three\" was found: " << (it_three != j_object.end()) << '\n';
19 }
basic_json<> json
default JSON class
Definition: json.hpp:12369
Output (play with this example online):
"two" was found: true
value at key "two": 2
"three" was found: false
The example code above can be translated with
g++ -std=c++11 -Isrc doc/examples/find__key_type.cpp -o find__key_type 
Since
version 1.0.0

Definition at line 4597 of file json.hpp.