Setting values and creating objects and arrays one at a time gives you total control but it is more verbose than other options.

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1JArray array = new JArray();

2JValue text = new JValue("Manual text");

3JValue date = new JValue(new DateTime(2000,5,23));

4

5array.Add(text);

6array.Add(date);

7

8string json = array.ToString();

9// [

10// "Manual text",

11// "2000-05-23T00:00:00"

12// ]

Creating JSON with LINQ

Declaratively creating JSON objects using LINQ is a fast way to create JSON from collections of values.

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1List<Post> posts = GetPosts();

2

3JObject RSS =

4 new JObject(

5 new JProperty("channel",

6 new JObject(

7 new JProperty("title","James Newton-King"),

8 new JProperty("link","http://james.newtonking.com"),

9 new JProperty("description","James Newton-King's blog."),

10 new JProperty("item",

11 new JArray(

12 from p in posts

13 orderby p.Title

14 select new JObject(

15 new JProperty("title",p.Title),

16 new JProperty("description",p.Description),

17 new JProperty("link",p.Link),

18 new JProperty("category",

19 new JArray(

20 from c in p.Categories

21 select new JValue(c)))))))));

22

23Console.WriteLine(RSS.ToString());

24

25//{

26// "channel": {

27// "title": "James Newton-King",

28// "link": "http://james.newtonking.com",

29// "description": "James Newton-King's blog.",

30// "item": [

31// {

32// "title": "Json.NET 1.3 + New license + Now on CodePlex",

33// "description": "Annoucing the release of Json.NET 1.3,the MIT license and being available on CodePlex",

34// "link": "http://james.newtonking.com/projects/json-net.aspx",

35//