What are separators in java?
Separators help elaborates the structure of a program. The separators used within HelloWorld are parentheses, ( ), braces, { }, the period, ., and the semicolon, ;. The table lists the six Java separators (nine if you count closing and opening separators as two).
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Separator Purpose
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( )
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Encloses arguments in methods definitions and calling; adjusts precedence in arithmetic expressions; surrounds cast kinds and delimits test expressions in flow control statements
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{ }
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describe blocks of code and automatically initializes arrays
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[ ]
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declares array kinds and dereferences array values
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;
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terminates statements
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,
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separates successive identifiers within variable declarations; chains statements within the test, expression of a for loop
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.
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Selects a field or methods from an object; separates package names from sub-package and class names
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:
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Used after loop labels
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