What is the @ symbol meaning in require?

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Recently I've seen many require('@XXX'), like

const PubSub = require(`@google-cloud/pubsub`);

what is this @ meaning? where can I find the syntax?

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Omar · Accepted Answer · 2020-07-05T16:51:32.277

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NPM allows users to organize packages into organization scopes.

The @google-cloud part is the scope and pubsub is the package name.

Organizing Packages docs explain it much better.

edited Jul 05 '20 at 16:51

answered Sep 03 '18 at 05:01

Omar

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new link https://docs.npmjs.com/about-org-scopes-and-packages – bugrasan Jun 30 '20 at 03:19

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 03 '18 at 06:47

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it is used for maintaining package belong to a specific organization, which help them to Organizing People and Package Access and provide team permission (read/write) to package

answered Sep 03 '18 at 06:47

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What is the @ symbol meaning in require?

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