What are the special symbols in C language?

In the C programming language, usually, special symbols have special meanings and cannot be used for other purposes.

Some special symbols used in C programming are as follows −

[] () {}, ; * = #

Let us know their definition as follows:

• Square brackets [] - The opening and closing of square brackets are used for array element references to represent single and multidimensional subscripts.

• Parentheses () - These special symbols are used for function calls and function parameters.

• Curly braces {} - The opening and closing of curly braces indicates the beginning and end of a block of code that contains multiple executable statements.

• Comma (,) - used to separate multiple statements, such as parameter separation in function calls.

• Colon(:) - This is an operator that actually calls something called an initialization list.

• Semicolon (;) - It is called statement terminator and indicates the end of a logical entity. This is why each individual statement must end with a semicolon.

• Asterisk (*) - used to create pointer variables.

• Assignment operator (=) - used for assignment.

• Preprocessor(#) - The preprocessor is called a macro processor and is used by the compiler to transform your program before the actual compilation begins.

The following table gives the corresponding meanings of special symbols in the C programming language.

tilde##%##^*(Right bracketComma/|-Question mark##[Left square bracket"Semicolon

Symbol	Meaning
##~
! #$ # #exclamation mark	pound sign dollar sign
& Percent sign Insert symbol	and symbol
) ## Asterisk Left bracket	_
, Underscore Plus sign	##.
##Period Slash Vertical bar	\ `
##Backslash apostrophe Minus sign	##= ##>
Equal signLeft angle bracket Right angle bracket	##? { }
Left brace Right brace	] :
Right square bracketColon	; Quotation marks

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