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 ### Getter
 
-The getter function, ```json_object_get_by_string_delimiter(5)```, similarily to the setter, takes five arguments, recommended to be used through a wrapper function ```json_object_get_by_string(4)```, defaulting the delimiter to a dot,```.```. If the specified format is not present in the object NULL is returned.
+The getter function, ```json_object_get_by_string_delimiter(3)```, similarily to the setter, takes five arguments, recommended to be used through a wrapper function ```json_object_get_by_string(2)```, defaulting the delimiter to a dot,```.```. If the specified format is not present in the object NULL is returned.
 
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 struct json_object *json_object_get_by_string_delimiter(struct json_object *src, char *fmt, const char *delimiter);