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Name

### () (parentheses)

Examples

    int a;
    a = (4 + 3) * 2;       // Grouping expressions
    if (a > 10) {          // Containing expressions
      line(a, 0, a, 100);  // Containing a list of parameters
    }

Description | Grouping and containing expressions and parameters. Parentheses have multiple functions relating to functions and structures. They are used to contain a list of parameters passed to functions and control structures and they are used to group expressions to control the order of execution. Some functions have no parameters and in this case, the space between parentheses is blank.

Syntax

    function()
    function(p1, ..., pN)
    structure(expression)

Parameters

function | any function
p1...pN | list of parameters specific to the function
structure | Control structure such as if, for, while
expressions | any valid expression or group of expression

Usage | Web & Application
Related | , (comma)

Updated on August 30, 2010 04:29:39pm EDT