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Period
Use a period at the end of full sentences, and don't use a period at the end of sentence fragments or after the last item in an unordered list. Use only 1 space after a period, or any other punctuation, that ends a complete sentence.
Be aware of the differences in these terms, which are all represented by a period character ( . ):
| Terminology | What it means |
|---|---|
| Dot | The character used in domain names, email addresses, and computer files. |
| Full stop | This term is traditionally British English slang meaning "end of discussion". Don't use it in Splunk documentation to mean terminal punctuation. |
| Period | The name for the punctuation mark used at the end of a sentence. |
| Point | The dot glyph used in numbers to separate the fractional part from the integer part. |
Last modified on 11 January, 2024
| Percent | Quotation marks |
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