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==Overview==

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==Syntax comparison of human-readable formats==

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| <code>[true nil -42.1e7 "A to Z"]</code>

| <code>{:kw 1, "42" true, "A to Z" [1 2 3]}</code>

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! Format

! [[Nullable type|Null]]

! [[Boolean data type|Boolean]] true

! [[Boolean data type|Boolean]] false

! [[Integer (computer science)|Integer]]

! [[Floating-point]]

! [[String (computer science)|String]]

! [[Array data type|Array]]

! [[Associative array]]/[[Object (computer science)|Object]]

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| [[Ion (Serialization format)|Ion]]

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true

"A to Z", (1, 2, 3)</pre>

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! Format

! [[Nullable type|Null]]

! [[Boolean data type|Boolean]] true

! [[Boolean data type|Boolean]] false

! [[Integer (computer science)|Integer]]

! [[Floating-point]]

! [[String (computer science)|String]]

! [[Array data type|Array]]

! [[Associative array]]/[[Object (computer science)|Object]]

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| [[OpenDDL]]

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[extensionFieldThatIsAnEnum]: EnumValue

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! Format

! [[Nullable type|Null]]

! [[Boolean data type|Boolean]] true

! [[Boolean data type|Boolean]] false

! [[Integer (computer science)|Integer]]

! [[Floating-point]]

! [[String (computer science)|String]]

! [[Array data type|Array]]

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| [[S-expression]]s

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| {{note|lispstd}}This syntax is not compatible with the Internet-Draft, but is used by some dialects of [[Lisp (programming language)|Lisp]].

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==Comparison of binary formats==

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