What is 'parentheses'?

Answer 1

Emma Chitembo
Parantheses = ()

Fancy word for brackets

Answer 2

That's right, Rik Wittkopp 👍😉!

Here are some synonyms: arches, bows, curves.

Answer 3

parentheses in c : To declare a variable as being a pointer to an array, we must make use of parentheses.
() -parenthesis are used to represent the conditional statement , switch and many more. For example consider that you are using the curly braces for all type of statements Then computer cant differentiate between a function and different kind of statements in C.

parentheses in c++ : The most obvious use of parentheses is like in math to do something like (2 + 4) * 3. The thing inside the parentheses is called an expression. The other use is to declare arguments in a function declaration of a function or pas arguments to a function in a function call just like in math.

parentheses in python : () parentheses are used for order of operations, or order of evaluation, and are referred to as tuples. [] brackets are used for lists. List contents can be changed, unlike tuple content. {} are used to define a dictionary in a "list" called a literal

parentheses in java: Parentheses are used for two purposes: (1) to control the order of operations in an expression, and (2) to supply parameters to a constructor or method.

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in simple:
A parenthesis is a punctuation mark used to enclose information, similar to a bracket. The open parenthesis, which looks like (, is used to begin parenthetical text. The close parenthesis, ), denotes the end of parenthetical text. The plural of parenthesis is parentheses. ... Parentheses in computer programming.

make it more simple:
( ), called parentheses. Fun fact: one of them is called a parenthesis, and as a pair, the plural are parentheses.

Answer 4

Emma Chitembo
Thank you also!

First time I got best answer AND a downvote from some-one.
😂🤣😂🤣

Answer 5

Rushikesh
The downvote disappeared after I posted, No harm, No foul.

Emma Chitembo
Upvote & downvote can be located in the upper left corner of these posts, above & below a number.

An upvote is an endorsement of a comment or post.

A downvote is the opposite, a negative response.

Upvotes show the person who endorsed, but downvotes are anonymous.

Answer 6

🤣😂
Kindly dumb it down?

Apologies.
My admiration for you suffering from my use of language.

Endorsement is when you agree and support the views/ concepts/actions of another person or organisation.

For example.
When you go to vote for the leadership of your country, your vote is an endorsement of the political party of your choice.

Answer 7

Vitya 🤣😂🤣

Answer 8

LoL, thank you for your help🙏, this is actually my first time and lesson☺️

Answer 9

Emma Chitembo
You keep going Girl

Small steps lead to a long journey
Keep learning

Answer 10

Thanks and I will☺️

Answer 11

Rik Wittkopp

I didn't see a downvote?

Answer 12

Kindly dam it down a bit on the endorsement part

Answer 13

Oh okay, makes sense now thank you

Answer 14

Parentheses are the brackets used to specify parameters in the function prototype or the function definition. They are also used to specify arguments when a function is called: ()

Answer 15

Thank you🙏

Answer 16

What's a downvote or an upvote?

Answer 17

How to find the output of a program

Answer 18

Parentheses means ()
I too didn't know what it meant when I started sololearn...
The reason is because we don't usually call it parentheses but brackets.......even at school back then 😂😂

Answer 19

Parentheses are ()