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# nlohmann::operator""\_json
```
json operator ""_json(const char* s, std::size_t n);
json operator ""_json(const char8_t* s, std::size_t n); // since C++20
```
This operator implements a user-defined string literal for JSON objects. It can be used by adding `_json` to a string literal and returns a [`json`](https://json.nlohmann.me/api/json/index.md) object if no parse error occurred.
It is recommended to bring the operator into scope using any of the following lines:
```
using nlohmann::literals::operator ""_json;
using namespace nlohmann::literals;
using namespace nlohmann::json_literals;
using namespace nlohmann::literals::json_literals;
using namespace nlohmann;
```
This is suggested to ease migration to the next major version release of the library. See [`JSON_USE_GLOBAL_UDLS`](https://json.nlohmann.me/api/macros/json_use_global_udls/#notes) for details.
## Parameters
`s` (in) : a string representation of a JSON object
`n` (in) : length of string `s`
## Return value
[`json`](https://json.nlohmann.me/api/json/index.md) value parsed from `s`
## Exceptions
The function can throw anything that [`parse(s, s+n)`](https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/parse/index.md) would throw.
## Complexity
Linear.
## Examples
Example
The following code shows how to create JSON values from string literals.
```
#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
using json = nlohmann::json;
using namespace nlohmann::literals;
int main()
{
json j = R"( {"hello": "world", "answer": 42} )"_json;
std::cout << std::setw(2) << j << '\n';
}
```
Output:
```
{
"answer": 42,
"hello": "world"
}
```
## See also
- [Creating JSON values](https://json.nlohmann.me/features/creating_values/index.md) - the article on creating JSON values
## Version history
- Added in version 1.0.0.
- Moved to namespace `nlohmann::literals::json_literals` in 3.11.0.
- Added `char8_t*` overload in 3.12.x.