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I not sure why there is a cap symbol in pubspec.yaml file under dependencies. See below image.

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The project is working even without the cap symbol.

Muruganandham K
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This is called caret syntax:

Caret syntax provides a more compact way of expressing the most common sort of version constraint. ^version means "the range of all versions guaranteed to be backwards compatible with the specified version", and follows pub’s convention for semantic versioning.

So in your example, you've got:

  • meta: ^1.1.6 - equivalent to >=1.1.6 <2.0
  • equatable: ^0.2.3 - equivalent to >=0.2.3 <0.3.0
  • cupertino_icons: ^0.1.2 - equivalent to >=0.1.2 <0.2.0
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