This chapter explains statements in general – expressions ending with a semicolon (;) and statements built into the language itself.
7.1 Introduction
What is a statement? A statement is an expression ending with a semicolon symbol (;). For example, x + y is an expression, but x + y; is a statement. Let us list a few simple statements we have used so far:
int x; – A statement containing a declaration
int x = 123; – A statement containing an initialization
x = 123; – A simple assignment statement
z = x + y; – A statement with ...
