[ Left Square Bracket
U+005B
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ℹ️ About
The Left Square Bracket (U+005B) is an “Open Punctuation” character essential for computing and mathematics. Technically, it serves as the universal array initializer in JavaScript, Python, and C++, and wraps IPv6 addresses in URLs. In linguistics, it denotes phonetic transcriptions. It is a mirrored character, designed to be paired with U+005D.
⚠️ Note: Do not confuse with { (U+007B – Left Curly Bracket) or ( (U+0028 – Left Parenthesis).
⚡ Codes
HTML
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CSS
\005B
Python
\u005B
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