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Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

CodeInText: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "A public dataset named samples.natality is queried"

A block of code is set as follows:

#standardSQL SELECT  weight_pounds, state, year, gestation_weeks FROM  `bigquery-public-data.samples.natality` ORDER BY weight_pounds DESC LIMIT 10; 

When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items are set in bold:

#standardSQL SELECT  weight_pounds, state, year, gestation_weeks FROM  `bigquery-public-data.samples.natality` ORDER BY weight_pounds ...