json.unescape Synchronous

Decode JSON escape sequences from string contents. It accepts either a quoted JSON string token or its contents without the outer quotes.

Syntax

Luau

json.unescape(text: string) -> string

Parameters

Function parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
`text`	`string`	Escaped JSON string text, optionally enclosed in double quotation marks.

string

The unescaped Luau string. Invalid JSON escapes raise an error.

Use json.decode for an entire JSON document, including arrays and objects.

Luau

local text = json.unescape([[line\nnext]])
print(text)