Separators
In Java, there are a few characters that are used as separators. The most commonly used
separator in Java is the semicolon. As you have seen, it is used to terminate statements.
What are different kind of separators?
Symbol Name Purpose
( )
Parentheses Used to contain lists of parameters in method definition and invocation.
Also used for defining precedence in expressions, containing expressions
in control statements, and surrounding cast types.
{ }
Braces Used to contain the values of automatically initialized arrays. Also used
to define a block of code, for classes, methods, and local scopes.
[ ]
Brackets Used to declare array types. Also used when dereferencing array values.
;
Semicolon Terminates statements.
,
Comma Separates consecutive identifiers in a variable declaration. Also used to
chain statements together inside a for statement.
.
Period Used to separate package names from subpackages and classes. Also
used to separate a variable or method from a reference variable.
In Java, there are a few characters that are used as separators. The most commonly used
separator in Java is the semicolon. As you have seen, it is used to terminate statements.
What are different kind of separators?
Symbol Name Purpose
( )
Parentheses Used to contain lists of parameters in method definition and invocation.
Also used for defining precedence in expressions, containing expressions
in control statements, and surrounding cast types.
{ }
Braces Used to contain the values of automatically initialized arrays. Also used
to define a block of code, for classes, methods, and local scopes.
[ ]
Brackets Used to declare array types. Also used when dereferencing array values.
;
Semicolon Terminates statements.
,
Comma Separates consecutive identifiers in a variable declaration. Also used to
chain statements together inside a for statement.
.
Period Used to separate package names from subpackages and classes. Also
used to separate a variable or method from a reference variable.