Data Structures Using C, 2nd Edition by Pearson

20 Data Structures Using C

Similarly, the following expression would shift the contents of y to right by two bits:

y >> 2

In this case, the rightmost two bits would be lost and the resultant 2 vacant leftmost bits would be

filled by zeros as shown in Figure 1.6.

1.10 FLOW OF CONTROL

A statement is the smallest executable unit of a C program. It is terminated with a semicolon. It is an

instruction given to the computer to perform a particular task like reading input, displaying output or

evaluating an expression, etc.

A single statement is also called a simple statement. Some examples of simple statement are given

below:

(i) int a 5 100;

(ii) ...