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Add jq commands to extract name and formatted address from person.json
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Add jq commands to output formatted name, profession, and player names
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Add jq commands to output player stats and total scores
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Refactor jq scripts to use string concatenation instead of interpolation
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions jq/script-01.sh
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# The input for this script is the person.json file.
# TODO: Write a command to output the name of the person.
# Your output should be exactly the string "Selma", but should not contain any quote characters.

jq -r '.name' ./person.json
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# The input for this script is the person.json file.
# TODO: Write a command to output the address of the person, all on one line, with a comma between each line.
# Your output should be exactly the string "35 Fashion Street, London, E1 6PX", but should not contain any quote characters.

jq -r '.address | join(", ")' ./person.json
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# The input for this script is the person.json file.
# TODO: Write a command to output the name of the person, then a comma, then their profession.
# Your output should be exactly the string "Selma, Software Engineer", but should not contain any quote characters.

jq -r '.name + ", " + .profession' ./person.json
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# TODO: Write a command to output just the names of each player, one per line.
# Your output should contain 6 lines, each with just one word on it.
# Your output should not contain any quote characters.

jq -r '.[].name' ./scores.json
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# The input for this script is the scores.json file.
# TODO: Write a command to output the names of each player, as well as their city.
# Your output should contain 6 lines, each with two words on it.

jq -r '.[] | "\(.name) \(.city)"' ./scores.json
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Can you think of another way to achieve the same without the slashes and brackets to improve readability?

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Yes, one simpler option is jq -r '.[] | .name + " " + .city' ./scores.json

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# TODO: Write a command to output just the names of each player along with the score from their first attempt.
# Your output should contain 6 lines, each with one word and one number on it.
# The first line should be "Ahmed 1" with no quotes.

jq -r '.[] | "\(.name) \(.scores[0])"' scores.json




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same as above

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Yes, one simpler option is jq -r .[] | .name + " " + (.scores[0] | tostring)' scores.json

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# TODO: Write a command to output just the names of each player along with the score from their last attempt.
# Your output should contain 6 lines, each with one word and one number on it.
# The first line should be "Ahmed 4" with no quotes.

jq -r '.[] | "\(.name) \(.scores[-1])"' scores.json
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Same as above

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Yes, one simpler option is jq -r '.[] | .name + " " + (.scores[-1] | tostring)' scores.json