Unsupported titles/Square brackets

Unsupported titles/Square brackets

[ U+005B, [ LEFT SQUARE BRACKET ← Z [U+005A] Basic Latin \\ → [U+005C]

] U+005D, ] RIGHT SQUARE BRACKET ← \\ [U+005C] Basic Latin ^ → [U+005E]

Translingual

Punctuation mark

[ ]

1. Encloses a number of changes in quoted text.
   1. Paraphrase inserted to clarify context.

      [Luke,] I am your father.

   2. Comments about alterations.

      The message said: "Contact them ASAP, their e-mail is [omitted], that's the chance of your life!"

   3. Orthographical alterations.

      He said, "[d]on't do it!"

   4. (papyrology, epigraphy) Restored writing that was present in the original text but has since become damaged or broken away.

      Synonym: ‹ ›

   5. (textual criticism, palaeography) Denotes a text deemed interpolated.
   6. See […] for omissions in quoted text.
2. (linguistics) Encloses a phonetic transcription.
3. (computing, programming) Encloses optional parameters in syntax help.

   DROP TABLE tbl_name [, tbl_name] ...

Coordinate terms

• / / (encloses a phonemic representation)
• ⟨ ⟩ (encloses an orthographic representation)

Derived terms

• […] (used when omitting a section in quoted text)

Symbol

[ ]

1. (mathematics) Encloses a mathematical phrase which has increased operator precedence.

   ${\\displaystyle 4/(2x+{\\textbf {[7+9]}})}$

2. (mathematics) Encloses a polynomial ring.

   ${\\displaystyle \\mathbb {C} \\cong \\mathbb {R} \\left[x\\right]/\\left(x^{2}+1\\right)}$

3. (mathematics) An alternating bilinear function satisfying the Jacobi identity; typically in the context of and as the operation of a Lie algebra, thus referred to as Lie bracket.

   ${\\displaystyle [\\cdot ,\\cdot ]:V\\otimes V\\rightarrow V}$

4. (mathematics) Encloses a matrix or vector.

   Synonym: ( )

   ${\\displaystyle {\\begin{bmatrix}1&9&-13\\\\20&5&-6\\end{bmatrix}}}$

5. (mathematics) Singles out a digit or portion of an equation, for commentary.
   • 1962, Jack Frohlichstein, Mathematical Fun, Games and Puzzles (in English), Courier Corporation, →ISBN, page 47:

     ${\\displaystyle {\\begin{aligned}72\\\\{\\underline {\\ \\times 11}}\\\\7\\left[9\\right]2\\\\\\end{aligned}}}$

     ${\\displaystyle {\\text{(7 + 2 = 9 from top factor)}}}$

6. (mathematics) Denotes the least common multiple of two integers.

   [4,6]=12

7. (mathematics) Alternative form of ⌊ ⌋
8. (programming) In a number of programming languages, used as the array index operator, the subscript operator.

   t[1] = "one"

   t[2] = "two"

9. (regular expressions) Matches a single character that is contained within the brackets, including ranges.

   [a-ce] matches "a", "b", "c", or "e"

Related terms

• (mathematical precedence) ( ), { }

See also

• Bracket on Wikipedia.Wikipedia