{ // Numbers: integer: 12 decimal: 12.3 // maybe you prefer js style comments /* or if you feel old fashioned */ string: "One two three" # comments are useful "rate1": 1000, "rate2": 2000 # quotes are optional text: look ma, no quotes! # note that for quoteless strings everything up # to the next line is part of the string! map: { a: 1 b: 2 } map_with_commas: { a: 1, b: 2, } multiline_text: ''' KDE is a customizable, open-source desktop environment with a modern Plasma interface. ''' numbers: [ 1, 2, 3, 6, 42 ], complex_list: [ { a: 1, b: 2, c: "string" }, { d: 3, e: 4.1, f: string without quotes } ] }