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Verified for the 2026 exam
Verified for the 2026 examโขWritten by the Fiveable Content Team โข Last updated September 2025
Definition
Indentations and brackets are used in programming to organize code and indicate the scope of blocks. Indentations help visually separate different sections of code, while brackets (such as curly braces {}) define the beginning and end of a block.
Related terms
Syntax: The set of rules that dictate how code should be written in a programming language.