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Jacob Klug
469 PointsWhy did craig put this symbol } after he wrote console.printf(" next slide");
Little confused on what these bracets do { } and why craig put a closing braket } after he wrote console.printf(" Next Slide");
2 Answers
Vithushan Elangovan
2,740 PointsOne bracket is for closing of the while loop, another is the closing bracket for the public static void (also known as the main method/function) line and another for the class (the public class line).
Raffael Dettling
32,998 PointsI think you mean the closing } of the main fucntion the while loop is already closed^^
Raffael Dettling
32,998 PointsYou can see that on 6:19 both braces are highlighted yellow^^
Nathan Huls
5,709 PointsNathan Huls
5,709 PointsI'm also confused by this. I understand the brackets open/close a block of code, but why is this block of code opened with a { and then closed three times?