Merge pull request #2025 from geekscrapy/jsonl_slash_comments

[jsonl] Allow slash comments
saulpw · Sep 14, 2023 · 8351bce · 8351bce
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diff --git a/sample_data/test.jsonl b/sample_data/test.jsonl
@@ -9,3 +9,6 @@
 {"key1": "2018-07-27 16:44", "key2": "bar", "amt": null}
 {"key1": "2018-07-27 18:44", "key2": "baz", "amt": ".01", "qty": "256"}
 {"key1": "2018-10-20 18:44", "key2": "foo", "amt": ".01", "qty": "30.0"}
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+# {"key1": "2018-10-20 18:44", "key2": "foo", "amt": ".01", "qty": "30.0"}
+//{"key1": "2018-10-20 18:44", "key2": "foo", "amt": ".01", "qty": "30.0"}
diff --git a/visidata/loaders/json.py b/visidata/loaders/json.py
@@ -35,10 +35,11 @@ class JsonSheet(InferColumnsSheet):
     def iterload(self):
         with self.source.open(encoding=self.options.encoding) as fp:
             for L in fp:
+                L = L.strip()
                 try:
-                    if L.startswith('#'): # skip commented lines
+                    if not L: # skip blank lines
                         continue
-                    elif not L.strip(): # skip blank lines
+                    elif L.startswith(('#', '//')): # skip commented lines
                         continue
                     ret = json.loads(L, object_hook=AttrDict)
                     if isinstance(ret, list):