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