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convert_json_to_yaml(json)
protected
Ensure that “:” and “,” are always followed by a space
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def convert_json_to_yaml(json)
require 'strscan' unless defined? ::StringScanner
scanner, quoting, marks, pos, times = ::StringScanner.new(json), false, [], nil, []
while scanner.scan_until(/(\\['"]|['":,\\]|\\.)/)
case char = scanner[1]
when '"', "'"
if !quoting
quoting = char
pos = scanner.pos
elsif quoting == char
if valid_date?(json[pos..scanner.pos-2])
times << pos
end
quoting = false
end
when ":",","
marks << scanner.pos - 1 unless quoting
when "\\"
scanner.skip(/\\/)
end
end
if marks.empty?
json.gsub(/\\([\\\/]|u[[:xdigit:]]{4})/) do
ustr = $1
if ustr.start_with?('u')
[ustr[1..-1].to_i(16)].pack("U")
elsif ustr == '\'
'\\'
else
ustr
end
end
else
left_pos = [-1].push(*marks)
right_pos = marks << scanner.pos + scanner.rest_size
output = []
left_pos.each_with_index do |left, i|
scanner.pos = left.succ
chunk = scanner.peek(right_pos[i] - scanner.pos + 1)
# overwrite the quotes found around the dates with spaces
while times.size > 0 && times[0] <= right_pos[i]
chunk.insert(times.shift - scanner.pos - 1, '! ')
end
chunk.gsub!(/\\([\\\/]|u[[:xdigit:]]{4})/) do
ustr = $1
if ustr.start_with?('u')
[ustr[1..-1].to_i(16)].pack("U")
elsif ustr == '\'
'\\'
else
ustr
end
end
output << chunk
end
output = output * " "
output.gsub!(/\\\//, '/')
output
end
end