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Statements (law)
Statement or statements may refer to: Common uses *Statement (computer science), the smallest standalone element of an imperative programming language *Statement (logic and semantics), declarative sentence that is either true or false *Statement, a Sentence_(linguistics)#By purpose, declarative phrase in language (linguistics) *Statement, a North American paper size of 5 1⁄2 in × 8 in (140 mm × 203 mm), also known under various names such as half letter and memo *Financial statement, formal summary of the financial activities of a business, person, or other entity *Mathematical statement, a statement in logic and mathematics *Political statement, any act or nonverbal form of communication that is intended to influence a decision to be made for or by a group *Press statement, written or recorded communication directed at members of the news media *Statement of Special Educational Needs, outlining specific provision needed for a child in England *Witness statement (law), a signed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Statement (computer Science)
In computer programming, a statement is a syntactic unit of an imperative programming language that expresses some action to be carried out. A program written in such a language is formed by a sequence of one or more statements. A statement may have internal components (e.g. expressions). Many programming languages (e.g. Ada, Algol 60, C, Java, Pascal) make a distinction between statements and definitions/declarations. A definition or declaration specifies the data on which a program is to operate, while a statement specifies the actions to be taken with that data. Statements which cannot contain other statements are ''simple''; those which can contain other statements are ''compound''. The appearance of a statement (and indeed a program) is determined by its syntax or grammar. The meaning of a statement is determined by its semantics. Simple statements Simple statements are complete in themselves; these include assignments, subroutine calls, and a few statements which m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |