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In addition to the operators, the following are keywords in CSL:
D.9 Statements
Statements are the building blocks of a program. A program is made up of
list of statements.
Seven kinds of statements are used in CSL: expression statements, if
statements, if-else statements, while statements, for statements, return
statements, and compound statements.
Expression Statements
An expression statement describes a value, variable, or function.
<
expression>
Here are some examples of the different kinds of expression statements:
Value:
x + 3;
Variable:
x = 3;
Function:
Trace ( x + 3 );
Keyword
Usage
select
select
expression
set
define a global variable
const
define a constant
return
return
statement
while
while
statement
for
for
statement
if
if
statement
else
if-else
statement
default
select
expression
null
null value
in
input context
out
output context