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Ruby Ruby Collections Build a Grocery List Program Build a Grocery List Program: Part 4

Posted by Shaimoom Newaz
Shaimoom Newaz
7,219 Points

Parenthesis vs Brackets vs Curly Brackets

Hi - Is there a rule of thumb regarding when to use each character?

1 Answer

Luke Glazebrook
Luke Glazebrook
13,564 Points
Luke Glazebrook
Luke Glazebrook
13,564 Points

Hi!

Yeah, you are right in thinking that. You are supposed to use curly braces and also parentheses in specific places in your program.

For example, parentheses are used after method names so that you can supply the method some parameters (variables to work with). 

def hello()

Curly braces on the other hand are used to segment off code and define it's scope.

def hello() {

}

If you have any questions about any of the topics I covered above then don't hesitate to ask them.

-Luke

Shaimoom Newaz
Shaimoom Newaz
7,219 Points

Thanks for the examples, Luke. Starting to make more sense.

Luke Glazebrook
Luke Glazebrook
13,564 Points

Awesome! Glad I managed to help you out.