Expression Statements

Expression statements can produce a result.

• [expression];

Fast Facts

Facts about expression statements are as follows:

• Empty expressions are permitted.
• All statements must terminate with a semicolon.

Examples

Several examples are provided below.

• The following example sums two values and assigns the result to a variable named z.

  z = x + y;

• The following example calculates the square root of 9 and assigns the result to a variable named x.

  x = Math.Sqrt( 9.0 );

• The following example calls a hypothetical function named SetName.

  SetName();

• The following example is a statement with an empty expression.

  ;