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What is the difference between square brackets and parentheses?

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What is the difference between square brackets and parentheses?

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Round parentheses () are used for grouping and setting precedence, (e.g. indicating that the addition should be performed first in the expression x (x+1) ). Square brackets [] are used for indicating function calls (e.g. length[a] ) and creating an array of values (e.g. [1, 2, 3, 4] ).