brackets : Java Glossary

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Brackets, also known as square brackets, look like this [ ]. Java uses them for surrounding indexes for arrays.

Other bracketing pairs to consider are:

Various Bracketing Characters
Name Appearance HTML Hex
parentheses ( ) ( ) 28 29
brackets [ ] [ ] 5b 5d
braces { } { } 7b 7d
angle brackets < > &lt; &gt; 3c 3d
guillemots « » &laquo; &raquo; ab bb
arrows &larr; &rarr; 2110 2192
double arrows &lArr; &rArr; 21d0 21d2

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