How to decode an invalid stringified JSON

This Stringified JSON array is invalid because the map keys and values are not in quotes but I wanna decode it:

"[{division: bacteriology, speciality: microbiology, tests: [appearence of urine], category: urine}]"

CodePudding user response：

as your string is not in proper json format, so i try to decode this particular string by converting it to proper json-

String data = "[{division: bacteriology, speciality: microbiology, tests: [appearence of urine], category: urine}]";
    String formattedDataInJson = data.replaceAll("{", "{\"").replaceAll("}", "\"}").replaceAll(":", "\":\"").replaceAll(",", "\",\"").replaceAll("\"\"", "\"");
    String division = jsonDecode(formattedDataInJson)[0]["division"];

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