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array-creation-expression

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array-creation-expression railroad diagramRead left to right. Branches are alternatives, bypasses are optional, and loops repeat. Select a production to explore it. The EBNF and linked references follow below."array""("Explore production: array-pair-listarray-pair-list")""["Explore production: array-pair-listarray-pair-list"]"
Production LiteralBranch: choiceBypass: optionalLoop: repeat
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array-creation-expression =
      "array" , "(" , array-pair-list , ")"
    | "[" , array-pair-list , "]" ;

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