Illustrated C# 2012

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Statements

• What Are Statements?
• Expression Statements
• Flow-of-Control Statements
• The if Statement
• The if...else Statement
• The while Loop
• The do Loop
• The for Loop
• The switch Statement
• Jump Statements
• The break Statement
• The continue Statement
• Labeled Statements
• The goto Statement
• The using Statement
• Other Statements

What Are Statements?

The statements in C# are very similar to those of C and C++. This chapter covers the characteristics of the C# statements, as well as the flow-of-control statements provided by the language.

• A statement is a source code instruction describing a type or telling the program to perform an action.
• There are three major categories of statements:
  • Declaration statements: Statements that declare ...