using System;

using Newtonsoft.Json;

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public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        string json = "['1','2']";

        Console.WriteLine(json);

        Console.WriteLine();

        Console.WriteLine("This works");

        var root = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(json);

        Console.WriteLine(root);

        Console.WriteLine("This doesn't work");

        var root2 = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<string[]>(json);

        Console.WriteLine(root2);

        foreach (var locationKvp in root2)

        {

            foreach (var skuKvp in locationKvp.Value)

            {

                Console.WriteLine("location: " + locationKvp.Key + ", sku: " +  skuKvp.Key + ", qty: " + skuKvp.Value);

            }

        }

    }

}

​