Please help with json. I am trying to create a json object like so … (require json) (define a "hello") (write-json #hasheq((key1 . a))) ;; expected result {"key1": "hello"} ;; actual result .. {"key1": ; write-json: expected argument of type <legal JSON value>; given: 'a ; Context (plain; to see better errortrace context, re-run with C-u prefix): ; /usr/share/racket/collects/json/main.rkt:132:2 loop What am I doing wrong?

Try

(write-json #hasheq((key1 . "a")))

Oh, you want to make it "hello"

You can’t use #hasheq then. It constructs the hash literally

I wanted "hello" .

Instead, use:

(write-json (hash 'key1 a))

Ah…so I can’t use #hasheq .. OK!

This is like '(a) vs (list a)

They are different. See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34984552/what-is-the-difference-between-quote-and-list for more info

Thanks. I will review the article.

How to generated this json object .. {"key1": “hello”, “key2”, “goodbye”} ?

Can I do this …

(write-json (hash ’key1 a ’key2 b)) ??

Yes, assuming that a is bound to "hello" and b is bound to "goodbye"

yup…that works! thanks!

@mflatt This still fails. I entered a ticket: https://github.com/racket/racket-pkg-website/issues/76

Also `#hasheq((key . ,a)) (The unquote only works for the values, not they keys)