“[” U+005B: Left Square Bracket

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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.

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