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Delimiter

Definition:

A delimiter is a character or sequence of characters used to separate or define the boundaries of data elements in a string or file.

Parts of Speech:

• Noun

Senses:

1. A character used to separate data elements within a string or a file.
2. A sequence of characters used to mark the beginning or end of a data element.

Usages:

Popular:

In popular usage, a delimiter is most commonly used to separate values in a CSV (Comma-Separated Values) file.

Example Sentence: The delimiter in this CSV file is a comma (,).

Local:

In local usage, a delimiter may refer to a special character or sequence used in a programming language to split or tokenize a string.

Example Sentence: In Python, the split() function is commonly used to divide a string into substrings based on a specific delimiter.