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[edn/en] Fix grammar

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Willie Zhu 2015-10-31 15:27:44 -04:00
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@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ contributors:
- ["Jason Yeo", "https://github.com/jsyeo"]
---
Extensible Data Notation or EDN for short is a format for serializing data.
Extensible Data Notation (EDN) is a format for serializing data.
The notation is used internally by Clojure to represent programs and it also
The notation is used internally by Clojure to represent programs. It is also
used as a data transfer format like JSON. Though it is more commonly used in
Clojure land, there are implementations of EDN for many other languages.
Clojure, there are implementations of EDN for many other languages.
The main benefit of EDN over JSON and YAML is that it is extensible, which we
The main benefit of EDN over JSON and YAML is that it is extensible. We
will see how it is extended later on.
```Clojure
@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ false
; Vectors allow random access
[:gelato 1 2 -2]
; Maps are associative data structures that associates the key with its value
; Maps are associative data structures that associate the key with its value
{:eggs 2
:lemon-juice 3.5
:butter 1}
@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ false
{[1 2 3 4] "tell the people what she wore",
[5 6 7 8] "the more you see the more you hate"}
; You may use commas for readability. They are treated as whitespaces.
; You may use commas for readability. They are treated as whitespace.
; Sets are collections that contain unique elements.
#{:a :b 88 "huat"}
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#MyYelpClone/MenuItem {:name "eggs-benedict" :rating 10}
; Let me explain this with a clojure example. Suppose I want to transform that
; piece of edn into a MenuItem record.
; piece of EDN into a MenuItem record.
(defrecord MenuItem [name rating])
; To transform edn to clojure values, I will need to use the built in EDN
; To transform EDN to clojure values, I will need to use the built in EDN
; reader, edn/read-string
(edn/read-string "{:eggs 2 :butter 1 :flour 5}")