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	<	>	<	>	3c	3d
guillemots	«	»	«	»	ab	bb
arrows	←	→	←	→	2110	2192
double arrows	⇐	⇒	⇐	⇒	21d0	21d2

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