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square-bracket

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Editorial note

My understanding is that the square-bracket notation is just a reader macro to provide syntax sugar.

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Quick take

(transitive) To enclose in square brackets.

Meaning at a glance

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verb

(transitive) To enclose in square brackets.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for square-bracket.

verb

(transitive) To enclose in square brackets.

Example sentences

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My understanding is that the square-bracket notation is just a reader macro to provide syntax sugar.

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I can use square-bracket as a symbol name if I want.

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To add to your list of languages with square-bracket array/list/vector initializers (see also [0]): Aikido, Coffeescript, E, F# (sorta, uses pipes too), Groovy, Haskell, Matlab, Nimrod, Postscript, Vimscript.

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For us, the most common case was non-square-bracket DI syntax in the "resolve" values of Angular UI-Router[1] route definitions.

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I can use square-bracket as a symbol name if I want." Again, so?

Quote examples

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For us, the most common case was non-square-bracket DI syntax in the "resolve" values of Angular UI-Router[1] route definitions.

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I can use square-bracket as a symbol name if I want." Again, so?

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use square-bracket in a sentence?

My understanding is that the square-bracket notation is just a reader macro to provide syntax sugar.

What does square-bracket mean?

(transitive) To enclose in square brackets.

What part of speech is square-bracket?

square-bracket is commonly used as verb.