Other Special Characters
Special characters are used in conjunction with structural characters and literals to provide additional functionality or context within an Internet Object document. The following are the special characters used in the Internet Object format.
| Symbol | Characters | Unicode | Application |
|---|---|---|---|
| Question Mark |
| Shortcut for declaring optional member when suffixed to the key name in object schema |
| Asterisk |
| Shortcut for declaring nullable member when suffixed to the key name in object schema. Also used to make schema accept undeclared variables. |
| Hyphen / Minus |
| Represents negative value |
| Plus |
| Represents positive value |
| Dollar |
| Denotes a variable |
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