Scientific notation

json

{
  "distance": 1.23e6
}

Explanation

Useful for large or very small numeric values.

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Leading zeros are invalid except for zero itself.

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They are not valid JSON numbers.

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A sequence of Unicode characters inside double quotes.

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JSON supports integers and decimals.

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