What is the difference between `->>` and `->` in Postgres SQL?

Question

What is the difference between ->> and -> in SQL?

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Answer 1

-> returns json(b) and ->> returns text:

with t (jo, ja) as (values
    ('{"a":"b"}'::jsonb,('[1,2]')::jsonb)
)
select
    pg_typeof(jo -> 'a'), pg_typeof(jo ->> 'a'),
    pg_typeof(ja -> 1), pg_typeof(ja ->> 1)
from t
;
 pg_typeof | pg_typeof | pg_typeof | pg_typeof 
-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------
 jsonb     | text      | jsonb     | text