When you define a named function, the rest of the statements that form the function must be enclosed in:

• A. curly brace { } characters
• B. square brackets [ ]
• C. parentheses ( )
• D. angle brackets < >

Answer: (A)

The body of a named function is placed inside a block defined by curly braces. After the function’s parameter list, you open a curly brace to start the function body, write the statements there, and close with another curly brace. This block creates the scope for the function and groups all its statements so they run when the function is called.

Square brackets are used for arrays or indexing, parentheses are for parameter lists and grouping expressions, and angle brackets appear in HTML tags or, in some languages, for generics. So curly braces are the appropriate delimiters for enclosing the function’s internal statements.