curly braces when define array

Question

Regards to the following code:

int[] to = new int[] { text };

I understand it tries to define an array of integer, but What does the curly braces do in array definition?

Answer 1

This is just a shortcut code to create an array with initial elements, the followings (which are equal):

    int[] to = new int[] { text };     int[] to = { text }; 

can be substituted with

    int[] to = new int[1];     to[0] = text; 

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

The curly braces contain values to populate the array.