C Statements

Map Branches

• Types
  • Simple Statements
    • End with a semicolon ;
    • break statement
      • used to interrupt a statement flow
        • can be used to exit any loop before termination condition is met
  • Compound Statements
    • Use semicolon rule of compound statement
      • Example: if statement
• Construction
  • Curly Braces {}
    • Group multiple statements into a block
      • Each block is evaluated together
        • No semicolon ; at end of a block
  • parentheses ()
    • for expressions and operator precedence
    • required for certain compound statements
• Order and Evaluation
  • Nested Statement Evaluation
    • Nested "if statement"
      • if ( myVar != 0 ) if ( ( 1 / myVar ) < 1 ) printf( "myVar is in range" );
  • Short Circuit Evaluation
    • if ( (myVar != 0) && ((1 / myVar) < 1) ) printf( "myVar is in range" );

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