Abstract
The compound statement can be used anywhere a single statement is required by the syntactic rules. A compound statement is also used as the body of a program, procedure, or function.
Syntax
Syntax Diagram
BNF
- <compound-statement>
- ::= 'BEGIN' <statement-list> 'END'
- <statement-list>
- ::= <statement>
- ::= <statement-list> ';' <statement>
EBNF
- <compound-statement>
- ::= 'BEGIN' <statement-list> 'END'
- <statement-list>
- ::= <statement> { ';' <statement> } *
Semantics
- The meaning of a compound statement is the meaning of the statement list which it contains.
Remarks
- The compound statement is syntactically a single statement; it is commonly used as the statement part of if, if-else, for, and while statements to allow statement lists to be controlled by a selection or iteration structure.
- A compound statement is also used as the body of a program, procedure, or function.
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