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author | tal@whatexit.org <tal@whatexit.org> | 2015-04-03 13:53:51 +0000 |
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committer | Nicolas Williams <nico@cryptonector.com> | 2015-04-16 11:09:49 -0500 |
commit | b6cc00fa7199772dc88dfe086c9289e5524e1742 (patch) | |
tree | 6feaed2c5555eda590282c0bcc75b84efc8039c6 /docs | |
parent | 9e2d9b641925eab0dd7b9ff8770e51cefa1458da (diff) |
manual.yml: Clarify how to specify keys with ":" and special chars.
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Williams <nico@cryptonector.com>
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-rw-r--r-- | docs/content/3.manual/manual.yml | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/content/3.manual/manual.yml b/docs/content/3.manual/manual.yml index f9fdc034..a19ca6ad 100644 --- a/docs/content/3.manual/manual.yml +++ b/docs/content/3.manual/manual.yml @@ -301,6 +301,12 @@ sections: to the last element, -2 referring to the next to last element, and so on. + The `.foo` syntax only works for simply keys i.e. keys that + are all alphanumeric characters. `.[<string>]` works with + keys that contain special charactors such as colons and dots. + For example `.["foo::bar"]` and `.["foo.bar"]` work while + `.foo::bar` and `.foo.bar` would not. + The `?` "operator" can also be used with the slice operator, as in `.[10:15]?`, which outputs values where the inputs are slice-able. |