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202 Pointswhat are curly braces?
What are curly braces?
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2 Answers
jacobproffer
24,604 PointsHey Pasha,
Curly braces or brackets are punctuation marks. There is a left bracket { and a right bracket }.
Here they are in use with CSS:
.myClass {
color: red;
}
They are primarily used to start and end a block of code.
Steven Parker
231,198 PointsThese are braces {} — and these are brackets []
There is a difference.
jacobproffer
24,604 PointsHey Steven,
Take a look here. Curly braces are also sometimes called curly brackets. The keyword is curly.