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# nlohmann::basic_json::is_structured
```
constexpr bool is_structured() const noexcept;
```
This function returns `true` if and only if the JSON type is structured (array or object).
## Return value
`true` if type is structured (array or object), `false` otherwise.
## Exception safety
No-throw guarantee: this member function never throws exceptions.
## Complexity
Constant.
## Possible implementation
```
constexpr bool is_structured() const noexcept
{
return is_array() || is_object();
}
```
## Notes
The term *structured* stems from [RFC 8259](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8259):
> JSON can represent four primitive types (strings, numbers, booleans, and null) and two structured types (objects and arrays).
Note that though strings are containers in C++, they are treated as primitive values in JSON.
## Examples
Example
The following code exemplifies `is_structured()` for all JSON types.
```
#include <iostream>
#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
using json = nlohmann::json;
int main()
{
// create JSON values
json j_null;
json j_boolean = true;
json j_number_integer = 17;
json j_number_float = 23.42;
json j_number_unsigned_integer = 12345678987654321u;
json j_object = {{"one", 1}, {"two", 2}};
json j_array = {1, 2, 4, 8, 16};
json j_string = "Hello, world";
json j_binary = json::binary({1, 2, 3});
// call is_structured()
std::cout << std::boolalpha;
std::cout << j_null.is_structured() << '\n';
std::cout << j_boolean.is_structured() << '\n';
std::cout << j_number_integer.is_structured() << '\n';
std::cout << j_number_unsigned_integer.is_structured() << '\n';
std::cout << j_number_float.is_structured() << '\n';
std::cout << j_object.is_structured() << '\n';
std::cout << j_array.is_structured() << '\n';
std::cout << j_string.is_structured() << '\n';
std::cout << j_binary.is_structured() << '\n';
}
```
Output:
```
false
false
false
false
false
true
true
false
false
```
## See also
- [is_primitive()](https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/is_primitive/index.md) returns whether JSON value is primitive
- [is_array()](https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/is_array/index.md) returns whether the value is an array
- [is_object()](https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/is_object/index.md) returns whether the value is an object
## Version history
- Added in version 1.0.0.