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EXPRESSIONS
An expression is a mixture of symbols which resolves to a value when
evaluated. In other words, an expression is basically a formula. An
expression can consist of constants, variables, function calls, and
operators. An expression can be very simple, or very complicated.
For example, some expressions are:
10 + 3 - 5
9 * 7 / 63 - 30
result = 10 * max(a, b)
month >= 10
200
command == "bye"
prints("Hello")
In an expression, the data being acted upon are constants, vari-
ables, and functions calls, while the operators (+, *, etc.) are the
symbols that do things with the data. There are many different oper-
ators, of which there are two basic types. Binary operators (such as
+, *, /) perform a calculation on the expression on either side of
them. Unary operators appear before a single expression and work on
that.
See Also:
operators
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