delimiter
Text region divider
A delimiter is a character or sequence that marks the boundary between separate elements in data.
In text files, commas delimit fields in CSV format; in file paths, slashes delimit directory names.
Programmers choose delimiters carefully—the character must not appear within the data itself, or it will cause parsing errors.
Use a pipe as the delimiter if your data contains commas.
Punctuation marking pauses
- semicolonPunctuation joining related clauses
- colonLarge intestine section
- periodPunctuation ending sentences
- pipeHollow conveyance channel
slash · hyphen · tab · space · newline · ampersand · asterisk · hash
Syntax-interpreting program
- tokenRepresentative placeholder
- tokenizerText segmentation tool
- stringSlender fiber or character sequence
- fieldArea of specialty
record · CSV · regex · split · parse · escape · quote · encoding
comma
Punctuation marking pauses
- semicolonPunctuation joining related clauses
- colonLarge intestine section
- periodPunctuation ending sentences
pipe · slash · hyphen · tab · space · newline · ampersand · asterisk · hash · underscore
parser
Syntax-interpreting program
- tokenRepresentative placeholder
- tokenizerText segmentation tool
- stringSlender fiber or character sequence
field · record · CSV · regex · split · parse · escape · quote · encoding · serialization
parenthesis
Punctuation enclosing supplementary text
- braceDevice providing structural stability
- bracketSupport or category
- angleGeometric measure of rotation
square · curly · tag · nesting · matched · paired · balanced · wrapper · container · grouping
marker
Something that signals location
- demarcationFormal boundary setting
- borderOuter edge or limit
- edgeBoundary or sharpness
threshold · endpoint · terminator · fence · barrier · division · partition · start · end · opening
- regexregex, pattern, match, quantifier, anchor
- MARCleader, tag, tags, field, fields
- parametersargument, help, verbose, version, parameter
- string formattingplaceholder, interpolation, percent sign, curly braces, precision
- charactersprotagonist, antagonist, hero, character, characters
- language elementsnoun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun