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Create a new array for subsequently added elements.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<baljsn_jsonformatter.h>`

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void
openArray(bool formatAsEmptyArray = false);
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== Description

Subsequently created elements will land in this array (in order of creation) until `closeArray` is called. The elements can be created by `putValue`/`putNullValue`/`openObject`/`openArray`. The specified `formatAsEmptyArray` is ignored; arrays are unconditionally formatted.

== Parameters

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| Name| Description
| *formatAsEmptyArray*
| ignored; arrays are unconditionally formatted
|===


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