HP C A.06.05 Reference Manual

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6 Statements
A program consists of a number of statements that are executed in sequence. A statement can
be one of the following types:
• Assignment, where values, usually the results of calculations, are stored in variables.
• Input/Output, data is read in or printed out.
• Control, the program makes a decision about what to do next.
All statements end with a semicolon. Statements are grouped as follows:
• Branch Statements
• Compound Statement or Block
• Expression and Null Statements
• Labeled Statements
• Looping Statements
• Selection Statements
The following is a list of HP C statements:
• break
• continue
• do…while
• for
• goto
•if
• return
• switch
• while