statement

Statements are parts of a program that alter its state, e. g. by changing a variable’s value.

classification

One may distinguish between simple and structured statements.

Elementary statements are those, which can not be broken down into smaller pieces – “sub-statements”. These are

• assignments,
• procedure calls,
• raise control transfer, and
• goto jumps.

Complex statements are

• compound statements (also called sequence) delimited by begin and end,
• inline assembler blocks delimited by asm and end,
• branches, and
• loops.

remarks

In contrast to statements, instructions are the building blocks in low-level assembly language.

Empty statements are not statements in a formal sense, since they merely exist to satisfy syntax requirements in a non-superfluous manner.

see also

• block
• expression
• Chapter “Statements” in the Free Pascal reference guide

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