array_object_interop.pai

# Create an object
let object = {
    'name' => 'Alice',
    'age' => 30,
    'city' => 'Wonderland',
}

# You could split the object into its keys and values, then interleave the values into a new array:
let keys = {keys(object)}
let values = {values(object)}
let data = {interleave(keys, values)}

# But a simpler way is to convert the object to an array directly.
# This does the same as the above three lines, but in one line.
let data = {array(object)}

# The resulting array will be ['name', 'Alice', 'age', 30, 'city', 'Wonderland']
# In the Plasma build at least, this is a common format that object data will be sent and received in.
print {json_encode(data, true)}  # Pretty-print the array as JSON

# Reconstructing the object from the array is just as easy.
let new_object = {object(data)}
print {json_encode(new_object, true)}  # Pretty-print the object as JSON

# Of course, you could also construct the object the long way, by iterating over the array.
let new_object = {=>}
for i in {i for i in 1:len(data) if i % 2 = 0} do
    let new_object{data[i]} = {data[i + 1]}
end