From 07569cfe7c819a4552030c12709cb9da209f44a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Harding Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2023 06:02:47 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] [json/en] Top level value can be of any type Not just an array or object --- json.html.markdown | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/json.html.markdown b/json.html.markdown index 1ccdb5cf..27f6bbe0 100644 --- a/json.html.markdown +++ b/json.html.markdown @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ contributors: JSON is an extremely simple data-interchange format. As [json.org](https://json.org) says, it is easy for humans to read and write and for machines to parse and generate. -A piece of JSON must represent either: +A piece of JSON can be any value of the types listed later, but in practice almost always represents either: * A collection of name/value pairs (`{ }`). In various languages, this is realized as an object, record, struct, dictionary, hash table, keyed list, or associative array. * An ordered list of values (`[ ]`). In various languages, this is realized as an array, vector, list, or sequence.