curly braces

• Used to enclose property lists
  • Examples:

set dog to {name:"Fido", breed:"poodle", color:"black"}

set scores to {} --> an empty property list, may also use "{:}"

• Note: SenseTalk is very accommodating about the brackets used for collections, allowing any of ( ), [ ], or around both lists and property lists. However, it is strongly encouraged to always use for property lists, and [ ] for lists.
• Used around capture groups in a pattern
  • new in 1.81
  • Examples:

set phoneNum to <"(", {prefix:3 digits}, ")", {number:3 digits, "-", 4 digits}>

• Related: < > , replace