Prompt Title: JSON Path to Structure.

Sure, I can help you create a .NET application that takes in a list of comma separated JSON Path strings and produces the corresponding JSON structure as output.

To do this, we can use the Newtonsoft.Json library, which is a popular JSON library for .NET. Here are the steps:

1. Create a new .NET console application in Visual Studio.
2. Add the Newtonsoft.Json NuGet package to your project. You can do this by right-clicking on the project in the Solution Explorer, selecting "Manage NuGet Packages", and searching for "Newtonsoft.Json".
3. In the main method of your program, prompt the user to input a list of comma separated JSON Path strings. You can use the Console.ReadLine() method to read the input from the console.
4. Parse the input string into an array of JSON Path strings using the String.Split() method. You can split the string on the comma character (',').
5. Create a JObject to represent the root of the JSON structure.
6. Loop through the JSON Path strings in the array, and use the SelectToken() method of the JObject to retrieve the corresponding JToken for each path. Add each JToken to the root JObject using the Add() method.
7. Convert the JObject to a JSON string using the JsonConvert.SerializeObject() method.
8. Write the JSON string to the console using the Console.WriteLine() method.

Here's some sample code that implements these steps:

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using Newtonsoft.Json;
using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
using System;

namespace JsonPathToStructure
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Enter a comma separated list of JSON Path strings:");
            string input = Console.ReadLine();

            string[] paths = input.Split(',');

            JObject root = new JObject();

            foreach (string path in paths)
            {
                JToken token = root.SelectToken(path.Trim());

                if (token != null)
                {
                    root.Add(path.Trim(), token);
                }
            }

            string output = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(root, Formatting.Indented);
            Console.WriteLine(output);

            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }
}

Note that in this sample code, we are using the Trim() method to remove any leading or trailing whitespace from the JSON Path strings before using them to select tokens from the root JObject. This helps to ensure that the JSON Path strings are properly formatted and can be used to select the correct tokens from the JSON structure.

Sure, I can modify the code to handle JSON Path strings with array indexing and filtering. Here's the updated code:

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using Newtonsoft.Json;
using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
using System;

namespace JsonPathToStructure
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Enter a comma separated list of JSON Path strings:");
            string input = Console.ReadLine();

            string[] paths = input.Split(',');

            JObject root = new JObject();

            foreach (string path in paths)
            {
                JToken token = root.SelectToken(path.Trim());

                if (token != null)
                {
                    root.Add(path.Trim(), token);
                }
                else
                {
                    string[] parts = path.Split('.');
                    JToken current = root;

                    foreach (string part in parts)
                    {
                        if (part.Contains("["))
                        {
                            int startIndex = part.IndexOf("[");
                            int endIndex = part.IndexOf("]");

                            string arrayName = part.Substring(0, startIndex);
                            int index = int.Parse(part.Substring(startIndex + 1, endIndex - startIndex - 1));

                            JArray array = (JArray)current[arrayName];
                            JToken arrayToken = array[index];

                            if (part.Contains("?"))
                            {
                                string filter = part.Substring(part.IndexOf("?") + 1);

                                if (arrayToken is JArray)
                                {
                                    JArray filteredArray = new JArray();
                                    foreach (JToken item in arrayToken)
                                    {
                                        if (item.SelectToken(filter) != null)
                                        {
                                            filteredArray.Add(item);
                                        }
                                    }
                                    arrayToken = filteredArray;
                                }
                                else if (arrayToken.SelectToken(filter) == null)
                                {
                                    arrayToken = null;
                                }
                            }

                            current = arrayToken;
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            current = current[part];
                        }

                        if (current == null)
                        {
                            break;
                        }
                    }

                    if (current != null)
                    {
                        root.Add(path.Trim(), current);
                    }
                }
            }

            string output = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(root, Formatting.Indented);
            Console.WriteLine(output);

            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }
}

In this updated code, we first try to select the token using the SelectToken() method as before. If the token is not found, we split the JSON Path string into its individual parts, and then traverse the JSON structure using each part in turn.

When we encounter an array index, we parse the index value and use it to retrieve the corresponding element from the array. If the JSON Path string contains a filter, we apply the filter to the array using a foreach loop and the SelectToken() method, and create a new JArray containing only the filtered elements.

Finally, we add the selected JToken to the root JObject using the Add() method, as before.

This updated code should be able to handle the sample JSON Path strings you provided, as well as other JSON Path strings with array indexing and filtering.