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Statement (definition)
A statement is the smallest unit of a program. Statements are separated in Firebird/InterBase® by a semicolon.
A statement is an instruction written in a high-level language. A statement directs the computer to perform a specified action. A single statement in a high-level language can represent several machine-language instructions. Programs consist of statements and expressions.
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