JSON Syntax:
JSON syntax is a subset of the JavaScript object notation syntax. JSON syntax has following rules:
1. Data is represented in name/value pairs.
2. Data is separated by commas.
3. Curly braces hold objects and each object name is followed by colon.
4. Square brackets hold arrays.
JSON example:
{"students":[ {"firstName":"Sandy", "lastName":"Sethi"}, {"firstName":"Roxy", "lastName":"Malik"}, {"firstName":"Sunil", "lastName":"Antil"} ]} |
JSON datatypes:
Data Type | Description |
Number | It represents double-precision floating-point format in JavaScript |
String | It represents double-quoted Unicode with backslash escaping |
Boolean | It represents true or false |
Array | It represents an ordered sequence of values |
Value | it can be a string, a number, true or false, null etc |
Object | It represents an unordered collection of key:value pairs |
Whitespace | It can be used between any pair of tokens |
null | It represents empty |
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