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Update loading.mdx to include "jsonl" file loading.
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Expand Up @@ -137,6 +137,15 @@ JSON files have diverse formats, but we think the most efficient format is to ha
{"a": 4, "b": -5.5, "c": null, "d": true}
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When each line of the file stands for a JSON object, they can be loaded as "jsonl" files as well:

```py
>>> from datasets import load_dataset
>>> dataset = load_dataset("json", data_files="my_jsonl_file.jsonl")
```

This will load up every line as an entry in the dataset.

Another JSON format you may encounter is a nested field, in which case you'll need to specify the `field` argument as shown in the following:

```py
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