What Are The Special Symbols in C Language?

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What are the special symbols in C language?

In C programming language, generally, the special symbols have some special


meaning and they cannot be used for other purposes.

Some of the special symbols that are used in C programming are as follows −

[] () {}, ; * = #

Let’s understand their definitions, which are as follows −

Brackets[] − Opening and closing of brackets are used for array element
reference, which indicate single and multidimensional subscripts.
Parentheses() − These special symbols are used for function calls and function
parameters.

Braces{} − Opening and closing of curly braces indicates the start and end of a
block of code which contains more than one executable statement.
Comma (, ) − It is used to separate more than one statements like separating
parameters in function calls.

Colon(:) − It is an operator which essentially invokes something called as an


initialization list.

Semicolon(;) − It is called as a statement terminator that indicates the end of one


logical entity. That is the reason each individual statement must be ended with a
semicolon.
Asterisk (*) − It is used to create a pointer variable.

Assignment operator(=) − It is used for assigning values.

Pre-processor (#) − The pre-processor called as a macro processor is used by the


compiler to transform your program before the actual compilation starts.

The table given below What iss the respective meaning of the special symbols used in
the C programming language.
:
Symbol Meaning

~ Tilde

! Exclamation mark
# Number sign
$ Dollar sign

% Percent sign
^ Caret
& Ampersand

* Asterisk
( Lest parenthesis
) Right parenthesis

_ Underscore
+ Plus sign
, Comma

. Period
/ Slash
| Vertical bar

\ Backslash
` Apostrophe
- Minus sign

= Equal to sign
< Opening angle bracket
> Closing angle bracket

? Question mark
{ Left brace
} Right brace

[ Left bracket
] Right bracket
: Colon

" Quotation mark


; Semicolon
:

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