Can we also compare the order of keys?

[sigmakappa]

Hi there!

Say as an example below:

expected = [
{'a': "1"},
{'b': "2"},
{'c': "3"},
{'d': "4"},
]
actual = [
{'a': "1"},
{'d': "4"},
{'b': "2"},
{'c': "3"},
]

Can JsonCompare be used to compare the order of keys? Expected has the order as abcd whereas actual has adbc.

Thanks in advance.

[rugleb]

Hi! No. I don't even know why this might be useful, because the order of keys in JSON objects shouldn't matter.

[sigmakappa]

Hi again @rugleb . My bad for the bad example above. Consider the below example:

expected = [
{'Item': "A", 'price': "5.00"},
{'Item': "B", 'price': "4.50"},
{'Item': "C", 'price': "3.00"},
{'Item': "D", 'price': "2.75"},
]

Now if you observe the above JSON, the elements are sorted on descending order on the basis of the key 'price'.

Here, now can I compare the above with the below and can know if there is an issue in the order?

actual = [
{'Item': "A", 'price': "5.00"},
{'Item': "C", 'price': "3.00"},
{'Item': "D", 'price': "2.75"},
{'Item': "B", 'price': "4.50"}
]