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brian buck
brian buck

Reputation: 3454

What are these '{' and '}' characters called?

I was just trying to explain programming in JavaScript to a friend of mine who is just starting out with programming and I called the '{' and '}' characters curly braces (or brackets). He laughed at me and said surely they have a better name than that and I realized that I don't know if they do.

Do they have a formal name?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 4330

Answers (3)

Robert
Robert

Reputation: 1

Iv always thought of them as curly brackets or "fancy brackets" but not sure if the have a more professional name for them.

Upvotes: 0

HackyStack
HackyStack

Reputation: 5157

THe formal name is curly brackets, but they have many pet names such as curly braces, flower brackets, etc...

Yes, curly brackets is the formal name...

Upvotes: 1

Justin Niessner
Justin Niessner

Reputation: 245399

Technically, they are simply known as Braces:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bracket#Braces_or_Curly_brackets_.7B_.7D

Upvotes: 8

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