How can you create a multiline string in JSON?
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Actually, JSON does not support multiline strings directly. However, JSON strings can be formatted with certain special characters. You can use the “\n” character to indicate a new line. Here is an example:
`{
“multilineString”: “line1\nline2\nline3”
}`
This would be interpreted with line breaks when reading the JSON. So, it’s not directly creating multiline strings, but rather a workaround on how to represent them in JSON.
In JSON, you cannot directly create multiline strings. JSON accepts strings only in one line. However, if you need to create a multiline string, the workaround is to use a backslash + “n” (\n) to denote a new line.
– Technically, it’s not really possible to create a ‘true’ multiline string in JSON because the JSON syntax does not support multiline strings.
– JSON, unlike programming languages like Python or JavaScript, is a data format and not a programming language. This makes it stricter than programming languages in terms of data storage syntax.
– However, there are workarounds:
– You could store your multiline string as an array of string where each element in the array is a line of text.
– You can also encode your multiline string as a single string using escape sequences `(\n)` for line breaks.
– Note: Both of these methods are not creating multiline strings in JSON in the traditional sense that most programming languages define multiline strings, but can give an equivalent result.
– As a rebuttal note to the controversy: It is not necessarily a limitation of JSON. Instead, the lack of multiline string support enhances its simplicity and universality, making JSON more compatible across different programming languages and platforms.