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TyD (Tynan's Tidy Data Language) is an open source data language created by Tynan Sylvester, to improve the layout of game-oriented data. You can read the official specification [https://github.com/TynanSylvester/TyD here].
TyD (Tynan's Tidy Data Language) is an open source data language created by Tynan Sylvester, to improve the layout of game-oriented data. You can read the official specification [https://github.com/TynanSylvester/TyD here].
=Quick overview=
==Quick overview==
Values in TyD can be simple_values, “quoted strings”, numbers, lists, tables or null. Values can be given a name, making them a record of name/value. You can make a table using curly brackets, and putting a list of records in it, separated by new lines or semicolons, e.g.
Values in TyD can be simple_values, “quoted strings”, numbers, lists, tables or null. Values can be given a name, making them a record of name/value. You can make a table using curly brackets, and putting a list of records in it, separated by new lines or semicolons, e.g.
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You can put lists in tables and tables in lists, but note that when you put a table in a list, it shouldn’t have a name (since it’s not a record). A TyD Document should contain a list of records. Most TyD documents in Software Inc. contain a single table record. Localizations contain a list of string records.
You can put lists in tables and tables in lists, but note that when you put a table in a list, it shouldn’t have a name (since it’s not a record). A TyD Document should contain a list of records. Most TyD documents in Software Inc. contain a single table record. Localizations contain a list of string records.
=Example=
==Example==
'''Table'''
'''Table'''
{''#I'm a comment''
{<span style="color:green">#I'm a comment</span>
'''Record''' SimpleValue
'''Record''' <span style="color:blue">SimpleValueWithoutSpacesOrBrackets</span>
'''Record2''' "Quoted string" ''#Quoted strings can span multiple lines''
'''Record2''' <span style="color:blue">"Quoted string"</span> <span style="color:green">#Quoted strings can span multiple lines</span>
'''Record3''' 5.6 ''#This is a simple number value''
'''Record3''' <span style="color:blue">5.6</span> <span style="color:green">#This is a simple number value</span>
'''Record4''' null ''#TyD recognizes null values''
'''Record4''' <span style="color:blue">null</span> <span style="color:green">#TyD recognizes null values</span>
'''List''' [ very ; simple; list ]
'''List''' [ <span style="color:blue">very</span> ; <span style="color:blue">simple</span>; <span style="color:blue">list</span> ]
'''List2'''
'''List2'''
[
[
"Multi line" ''#Remember to escape quotes in a quoted string like this \"''
<span style="color:blue">"Multi line"</span> <span style="color:green">#Remember to escape quotes in a quoted string like this \"</span>
"List"
<span style="color:blue">"List"</span>
] ''#Lists can also have numbers''
] <span style="color:green">#Lists can also have numbers</span>
'''ListOfTables'''
'''ListOfTables'''
[
[
{
{
'''Record''' "This is an anonymous table, since elements in lists can't have names"
'''Record''' <span style="color:blue">"This is an anonymous table, since elements in lists can't have names"</span>
}
}
{
{
'''Record''' "Here's another table"
'''Record''' <span style="color:blue">"Here's another table"</span>
}
}
]
]
'''SubTable'''
'''SubTable''' { '''Record''' <span style="color:blue">"I heard you like tables"</span>; '''Record2''' <span style="color:blue">"So we put etc. etc."</span> }
}
}
=In Software Inc.=
==In Software Inc.==
Software Inc. uses a fork of Tynan’s C# implementation of TyD, which you can find [https://github.com/khornel/TyDSharp here].
Software Inc. uses a fork of Tynan’s C# implementation of TyD, which you can find [https://github.com/khornel/TyDSharp here].
If you want to know why Software Inc. switched from XML to TyD, and not something else, [https://github.com/TynanSylvester/TyD#comparisons you should read the comparison section of the TyD specification]. Other than the reasons listed, TyD resembled C# a lot, which reduces friction during development and I would rather not rely on a third party closed-source solution when parsing data.
If you want to know why Software Inc. switched from XML to TyD, and not something else, [https://github.com/TynanSylvester/TyD#comparisons you should read the comparison section of the TyD specification]. Other than the reasons listed, TyD resembled C# a lot, which reduces friction during development and I would rather not rely on a third party closed-source solution when parsing data.