ddot.it/block

ddot.it/block is a command that starts a multi-line block object literal.

Use it to make longer string values with multiple lines nicer to read. Each newline in the block, which separates lines, is included in the value string.

Example for using ddot.it/block and newlines

john ..address.. ddot.it/block
Broadway 1
Berlin
Germany

john ..age.. 11

You can abbreviate ddot.it/block as !!block.

Within a block, ddot.it triples MAY NOT be recognized.

Newlines

The general pattern for newlines is

aaa ..bbb.. ddot.it/block?end=END
line-1
line-2
...
line-n-1
line-n
END

that only newlines between line-1 and line-2, line-2 and line-3, …, line-n-1 and line-n are included in the value string. If the block contains only one line, the value of the triples is the same as the value of the single line.

aaa ..bbb.. ddot.it/block?end=123
Hello World
123

is exactly the same as

aaa ..bbb.. Hello World

• Newlines in a block are copied as newline characters (Unicode \n) into the triple object.
• The block content starts on the first line after the block start.
• The block content ends with the last line before the block end.

End Marker

The default block end is a blank line. You can defined a custom block end with ddot.it/block?end=myString, or shorter as !!block?end=myString. The block end marker is not included in the block content. It may not contain newlines or other whitespace characters. The block end marker must be used on its own line.

john ..address.. ddot.it/block?end=THE-END
Broadway 1
Berlin
Germany
THE-END
john ..age.. 11

Meta

Metadata on a triple is used as usually:

john ..address.. ddot.it/block ,, ..year.. 2123
Broadway 1
Berlin
Germany

Further Reading

See the User Guide for the full reference.