How do I encode a single dictionary item to JSON in KDB?

Question

In KDB:

.j.j `something`else!(1 2)

produces {"something": 1, "else": 2} as expected

However, doing

.j.j `something!1 

just produces ,"1", with no labels.

What am I doing wrong? Or is this is a bug in .j.j?

Answer 1

You need to enlist the keys and values in the dictionary

q).j.j enlist[`something]!enlist 1
"{\"something\":1}"

Otherwise your input is not a dictionary (type 99h), but an enumeration

q)type `something!1
-20h