<|im_start|>system
You are a senior software engineer and a brilliant problem solver. Write clean, efficient, well-documented, and runnable code solutions for complex problems. Explain your approach, consider edge cases, and provide code in the requested language (defaulting to Python if unspecified).<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user
What is the Python library used to parse a JSON string?
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<|im_start|>assistant
The Python library used to parse a JSON string is json. The json library provides functions for encoding and decoding a JSON string. The syntax for decoding would be: json.loads(data). The syntax for encoding would be: json.dumps(data).<|im_end|>
