Bracket notation with number on short array

Setup

Selector: $[1]

["one element"]

Results

Consensus

[]

Scalar consensus

The scalar consensus applies for implementations which return a single value where only one match is possible (instead of an array of a single value).

null

Not found consensus

This consensus applies for implementations which return a specific not found value if no match exists.

NOT_FOUND

Scalar not found consensus

This consensus applies for implementations which returns a specific not found value when a query that would regularly return a single match results in no match.

NOT_FOUND

Errors

Clojure (json-path) ¹

java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException nil

Golang (github.com-PaesslerAG-jsonpath) ¹

index 1 out of bounds

Golang (github.com-oliveagle-jsonpath) ¹

index out of range: len: 1, idx: 1

Footnotes

• ¹ This implementation returns a single value where only one match is possible (instead of an array of a single value).
• ² This implementation returns a specific not found value if no match exists.
• ³ This implementation returns a specific not found value if a query that would regularly return a single match results in no match.