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Tag Link	( ) Parentheses	Category	Delimiter
Type	Delimiter	Source Available	No
Support	Preferred	Version	1.0
Change	Unchanged	Data Source	Any
Output Type	Any	Security	None
Implementation	LCAPI	Sets	Lasso 8.5, Lasso 8.0, Lasso 7.0, Lasso 6.0, Lasso 5.0, Lasso 3.x, Lasso 2.5, Lasso 2.0, Lasso 1.x

▼ Description

Parentheses are used to surround sub-expressions and sub-tags. They affect the order of operation which Lasso uses to determine the result of an expression.

Any sub-expression within parentheses is evaluated as a unit and then the result is returned to the enclosing expression. 8 * 4 + 5 returns 37 since the multiplication operation is performed first, but 8 * (4 + 5) returns 160 since the parentheses force the addition to be performed first.

Parenthese should be used to group tag names with their parameters. In this tag [Output: Field: 'Name', -EncodeURL] the encoding keyword -EncodeURL is applied to the [Output] tag. In order to force it to be applied to the [Field] tag parenthese can be used as follows [Output: (Field: 'Name', -EncodeURL)]

▼ Syntax

[TagName: (SubTagName: Tag Parameters)]

▼ Parameters

No Parameters Required.

▼ Examples

See the Lasso 8 Language Guide for examples of how to use this tag.

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{ } Braces : Colon , Comma " " Double Quotes = Equal Sign	/ Forward Slash - Hyphen <?LassoScript ?> // LassoScript Comment /* LassoScript Comment */	; Semi-Colon ' ' Single Quotes [ ] Square Brackets