How to open a JSON file in Godot that contains 2 arrays?

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The discussion revolves around saving and loading two arrays in a JSON file using code. The user successfully saves the arrays into a JSON format, which appears correctly when viewed in Notepad. However, when attempting to load the arrays back, the code returns a null value for the parse result. The issue is identified as a mistake in the loading function, where the user incorrectly references "arrayA" instead of "arrayB" when assigning values to Global.arrayD. Ultimately, the user resolves the problem by deciding to save the arrays into a dictionary instead of using JSON, indicating a shift in approach for data storage.
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I've saved two arrays in a JSON file, but can't seem to open them again.
Hi everyone

I've saved two arrays into a JSON file.

This was the code I used:
[CODE lang="python" title="save"]func save():
var file = FileAccess.open("user://savedarrays.json", FileAccess.WRITE)
var file_path = "user://saved_arrays.json"

var data = {
"arrayA": Global.arrayA,
"arrayB": Global.arrayB
}
var json_string: String = JSON.stringify(data)
file.store_string(json_string)
file.close()
print("Arrays saved successfully.")

[/CODE]

When I open the file in notepad, this is what I get:
{"arrayA":["France","Spain","UK","Russia"],"arrayB":["Paris","Madrid","London","Moscow"]}

I'm using the following code to load the arrays:

[CODE lang="python" title="load"]func loadArraysFromFile():

var file = "user://savedarrays.json"
var file_text = FileAccess.get_file_as_string(file)
var parse_result = JSON.parse_string(file_text)
print(parse_result)

if parse_result.error == OK:
var parsed_data: Dictionary = parse_result.result as Dictionary

if parsed_data.has("arrayA"):
Global.arrayC = parsed_data["arrayA"]
print(Global.arrayC)
if parsed_data.has("arrayB"):
Global.arrayD = parsed_data["arrayA"]
print(Global.arrayD)[/CODE]

It prints out <null> as the parse_result.

Does anyone know what I've done wrong with the load code?

I used JSON because I read somewhere that that's what I need if I want to save two arrays under the one filename.

Elsewhere, I've used the following code to save one variable to a file:
[CODE lang="python" title="save one var"] var file = FileAccess.open(save_path, FileAccess.WRITE)
file.store_var(Global.thing)[/CODE]Thanks
 
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Nvm. I saved the two arrays into a dictonary and saved the dictionary without using JSON.
 
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