Parse simple JSON string in Batch

Question

How do you parse a simple JSON string in Batch?

For example, if I have the following JSON string:

{ \"...\":\"...\", \"year\": 2016, \"time\": \"05:01\

Answer 1

@echo off
setlocal

set string={ "other": 1234, "year": 2016, "value": "str", "time": "05:01" }

rem Remove quotes
set string=%string:"=%
rem Remove braces
set "string=%string:~2,-2%"
rem Change colon+space by equal-sign
set "string=%string:: ==%"
rem Separate parts at comma into individual assignments
set "%string:, =" & set "%"

echo other="%other%"
echo year="%year%"
echo value="%value%"
echo time="%time%"

Output:

other="1234"
year="2016"
value="str"
time="05:01"

A small inconvenient of this method is that "time" Batch dynamic variable will be replaced by the new JSON one, but if you use setlocal command, this point don't cause any problem.

EDIT: Just to complete cz3ch's request of put results into "string" array instead of placing them inside individual variables:

@echo off
setlocal

set string={ "other": 1234, "year": 2016, "value": "str", "time": "05:01" }

rem Remove quotes
set string=%string:"=%
rem Remove braces
set "string=%string:~2,-2%"
rem Change colon+space by "]equal-sign"
set "string=%string:: =]=%"
rem Separate parts at comma into individual array assignments
set "string[%string:, =" & set "string[%"

set string[