Glossary: Compound Statement
A compound statement consists of none or more C++ statements enclosed
within a set of braces: {}. It is an essential concept in C++
and is central to the idea of nesting constructs. For example, the
if statement has the form:-
if ( expression ) statement
which would severely limit it use were it not for the fact that
a compound statement is an example of a statement. Consequently
the if can conditionally execute as many statements as required and
these may include other if and compound ones.
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