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[[GlossaryDefinition::1. A delimiter is a sequence of one or more characters used to specify the boundary between separate, independent regions in plain text or other data streams.[1] An example of a delimiter is the comma character, which acts as a field delimiter in a sequence of comma-separated values. Another example of a delimiter is the time gap used to separate letters and words in the transmission of Morse code.]]
2. A delimiter is one or more characters that separates text strings. Common delimiters are commas (,), semicolon (;), quotes ( ", ' ), braces ({}), pipes (
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delimiter (1.); https://www.computerhope.com/jargon/d/delimite.htm (2.)
Author: Tim Röder
