Create object (%{}) constructor

Quickly generate objects and maps

Description

%{} is a way of defining objects in expressions and statements. Whenever an %{} object is outputted as a string, it will be converted to minified JSON.

Object elements inside %{} can be new line and/or comma delimited. This allows for compatibility with JSON but without the pain of accidentally invalid comma management breaking JSON parsers. However a colon is still required to separate keys from values.

Like with YAML, strings in %[] do not need to be quoted unless you need to force numeric or boolean looking values to be stored as strings.

Examples

Object passed as a JSON string:

» echo %{foo: bar}
{"foo":"bar"}

The % prefix for the nested object is optional:

» %{foo: bar, baz: [1 2 3]}
{
    "baz": [
        1,
        2,
        3
    ],
    "foo": "bar"
}

See Also

• Brace Quote (%(, )) Tokens: Initiates or terminates a string (variables expanded)
• Create array (%[]) constructor: Quickly generate arrays
• Double Quote (") Token: Initiates or terminates a string (variables expanded)
• Single Quote (') Token: Initiates or terminates a string (variables not expanded)
• Special Ranges: Create arrays from ranges of dictionary terms (eg weekdays, months, seasons, etc)
• expr: Expressions: mathematical, string comparisons, logical operators