JSON | Data Types - GeeksforGeeks

JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is most widely used data format for data interchange on the web. JSON is a lightweight text based, data-interchange format and it completely language independent. It is based on a subset of the JavaScript programming language and it is easy to understand and generate.
JSON supports mainly 6 data types:

string
number
boolean
null
object
array

Note: string, number, boolean, null are simple data types or primitives data types whereas object and array are referred as complex data types.

String: JSON strings must be written in double quotes like C-language there are various special characters(Escape Characters) in JSON that you can use in strings such as \ (backslash), / (forward slash), b (backspace), n (new line), r (carriage return), t (horizontal tab) etc.
Example:
```
{ "name":"Vivek" }

{ "city":"Delhi\/India" }

here \/ is used for Escape Character / (forward slash).
```
Number: Represented in base 10 and octal and hexadecimal formats are not used.
Example:
```
{ "age": 20 }
{ "percentage": 82.44}
```
Boolean: This data type can be either true or false.
Example:
```
{ "result" : true }
```

Null: It is just a define nillable value.
Example:

{
  "result" : true,
  "grade" : null,
  "rollno" : 210
}

Object: It is a set of name or value pairs inserted between {} (curly braces). The keys must be strings and should be unique and multiple key and value pairs are separated by a, (comma).
Syntax:
```
{ key : value, .......}
```
Example:
```
{
"Geek":{ "name":"Peter", "age":20, "score": 50.05}
}
```
Array: It is an ordered collection of values and begins with [ (left bracket) and ends with ] (right bracket). The values of array are separated by ,(comma).
Syntax:
```
[ value, .......]
```
Example:
```
{
"geek":[ "Sahil", "Vivek", "Rahul" ]
}

{
  "collection" : [
        {"id" : 101},
        {"id" : 102},
        {"id" : 103}
  ]
}
```

Example of JSON document:

{
  "Geeks" : [
    { 
      "Geekname" : "Sahil kumar",
      "subject" : "Data structures",
      "Articles" : 10
      },
    { 
      "Geekname" : "Pawan singh",
      "subject" : "Algorithms",
      "Articles" : 16 
      },
    { 
      "Geekname" : "Ayush Goel",
      "subject" : "Networking",
      "Articles" : 7
      }
  ]
}

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