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Expression vs Statement vs Expression statement in programming
However, when you call a method, that might do something, but it may also return a value! That is why we can call methods both as statements and as expressions, eg. we can call a method like
int x = DoSomething() + 1; but also as DoSomething();. When we specifically use a method call as a statement, that is called an expression statement.20 replies
Expression vs Statement vs Expression statement in programming
A statement is something which does something, for instance
Console.WriteLine writes to the console.
An expression is something which returns a value, for instance x + 1 returns the value contained within x plus 1.20 replies