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Shawn Denham
Python Development Techdegree Student 17,802 Pointsin JavaScript [] is used to define elements in an Array,
ex.
var myArray=["Book", "Car", 54, 143];
Here are the videos that cover this topic https://teamtreehouse.com/library/javascript-loops-arrays-and-objects
jack pincombe
6,188 PointsI think in this case the [] are just there for visual purposes [so that the text is shown like this]
since they are using ' ' on either bracket
jason chan
31,009 PointsNo an array is to store functions, integers, object laterals and variables.
You have to have access through things some how and an array is different way to store a lot of different data types.
Shawn Denham
Python Development Techdegree Student 17,802 PointsHi Jason I am not sure what you are referring to here but the initial question was what are the brackets used for.