Structural Characters and Literals
Structural characters define the structure of data within an Internet Object document. Below are the structural characters used in the Internet Object format:
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Structural characters define the structure of data within an Internet Object document. Below are the structural characters used in the Internet Object format:
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Symbol | Character(s) | Unicode | Description | Notes |
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,
Comma
U+002C
Separator between values
Used to separate items in arrays and objects
~
Tilde
U+007E
Record delimiter in collections
Indicates the start of a new record in collection
:
Colon
U+003A
Key-value separator
Separates keys from their corresponding values
[
Open Square Bracket
U+005B
Start of an array
Begins an array structure
]
Close Square Bracket
U+005D
End of an array
Ends an array structure
{
Open Curly Bracket
U+007B
Start of an object
Begins an object or dictionary
}
Close Curly Bracket
U+007D
End of an object
Ends an object or dictionary
---
Triple Hyphens
U+002D
Header and data separator
Separates different sections of the document
#
Hash
U+0023
Comment start
Initiates a single-line comment
"
Double Quote
U+0022
String delimiter
Encloses string values
'
Single Quote
U+0027
String delimiter
Alternative to double quotes for strings
@
At Symbol
U+0040
Variable
Represents the start of vaiable
$
Dollar Sign
U+0024
Schema
Represents the start of a schema identifier