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api/basic_json/merge_patch.md

@@ -54,19 +54,72 @@ returned by `#!cpp (*this)[key]`); it is read as it was when `merge_patch()` was
     The following code shows how a JSON Merge Patch is applied to a JSON document.
      
     ```cpp
-    --8<-- "examples/merge_patch.cpp"
+    #include <iostream>
+    #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
+    #include <iomanip> // for std::setw
+    
+    using json = nlohmann::json;
+    using namespace nlohmann::literals;
+    
+    int main()
+    {
+        // the original document
+        json document = R"({
+                    "title": "Goodbye!",
+                    "author": {
+                        "givenName": "John",
+                        "familyName": "Doe"
+                    },
+                    "tags": [
+                        "example",
+                        "sample"
+                    ],
+                    "content": "This will be unchanged"
+                })"_json;
+    
+        // the patch
+        json patch = R"({
+                    "title": "Hello!",
+                    "phoneNumber": "+01-123-456-7890",
+                    "author": {
+                        "familyName": null
+                    },
+                    "tags": [
+                        "example"
+                    ]
+                })"_json;
+    
+        // apply the patch
+        document.merge_patch(patch);
+    
+        // output original and patched document
+        std::cout << std::setw(4) << document << std::endl;
+    }
+    
     ```
     
     Output:
     
     ```json
-    --8<-- "examples/merge_patch.output"
+    {
+        "author": {
+            "givenName": "John"
+        },
+        "content": "This will be unchanged",
+        "phoneNumber": "+01-123-456-7890",
+        "tags": [
+            "example"
+        ],
+        "title": "Hello!"
+    }
+    
     ```
 
 ## See also
 
 - [RFC 7396 (JSON Merge Patch)](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7396)
 - [patch](patch.md) apply a JSON patch
+- [merge_diff](merge_diff.md) creates a diff as a JSON Merge Patch
 
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