statement

statement Statement syntax

statement ::= labeled-stmt | expr-stmt | compound-stmt | decl-stmt | try-block | 

    if ( condition ) statement | if ( condition ) statement else statement | 

    switch ( condition ) statement | while ( condition ) statement | 

    do statement while ( expression ) | 

    for ( for-init-stmt [condition] ; [expression] ) statement | break ; | 

    continue ; | goto identifier ; | return [expression] ;

expr-stmt ::= [expression] ;

compound-stmt ::= { [statement-seq] }

statement-seq ::= statement | statement-seq

labeled-stmt ::= identifier : statement | case constant-expr : statement | 

    default : statement

decl-stmt ::= block-decl

for-init-stmt ::= expr-stmt | simple-decl

condition ::= expression | type-specifier-seq declarator = assignment-expr

See Chapter 4 for a complete discussion of statements.

See Also

break, case, continue, declaration, declarator, default, do, else, expression, for, goto, if, return, switch, try, type, while, Chapter 4