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Nadeem Akram
Nadeem Akram

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Spot the bug: one character breaks this JSON

Quick puzzle 🧩

The JSON in the image looks fine, but JSON.parse() rejects it, and so will most APIs.

One character is the problem. Which line is it on?

Hint: it's a habit JavaScript allows and JSON doesn't.

Comment your line number. We'll post the answer this evening.

When you hit "Unexpected token" for real, paste the JSON into a validator before you hunt through a 500-line file: https://seopeck.com/tool/json-validator

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