function ghetto_as_hell_parse_json(json)
    processed_data = string.gsub(string.gsub(json, "\"", ""), ":", "=")

    -- not even remotely secure, never use for anything important EVAR.
    parsed = loadstring("return " .. processed_data)()
    return parsed
end

json_data='{"p":07,"a0":4359021.16032269,"a1":0,"a2":83.955622485256754,"a3":174.96542675733608,"a4":179.99999446691439,"a5":300821.94285912672,"a6":0.99479834572486814,"a7":0.097586067257674255,"a8":211.47561250913216,"a9":84.824449329557083,"a10":4358745.3389826063,"a11":11.50312}'
-- n={p=07,    a0=4359021.16032269,    a1=0,    a2=83.955622485256754,    a3=174.96542675733608,    a4=179.99999446691439,    a5=300821.94285912672,    a6=0.99479834572486814,    a7=0.097586067257674255,    a8=211.47561250913216,    a9=84.824449329557083,a10=4358745.3389826063,a11=11.50312}

data = ghetto_as_hell_parse_json(json_data)
for k, v in pairs( data ) do
    print(k,v)
end