block Comparison Table

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Subject omit have syntax be part of is part of has definition have purpose is a subtopic of indent carefully

body A block that is not nested inside another block to create a new scope and/or to create a compound statement Statements and Expressions

catch block
// a try-catch-finally statement showing the catch blocks in bold
try{
statements
} catch (exception_type1 identifier1) {
statements
} catch (exception_type2 identifier2) {
statements
...
} finally {
statements
}
try-catch-finally statement to catch a particular type of exception Exception Handling

else block if there is nothing to do in the false case if statement to create a new scope and/or to create a compound statement Loops and Decision Making

nested block A block that is nested inside another block to create a new scope and/or to create a compound statement Statements and Expressions

Subject	omit	have syntax	be part of	is part of	has definition	have purpose	is a subtopic of	indent carefully
body					A block that is not nested inside another block	to create a new scope and/or to create a compound statement	Statements and Expressions
catch block		// a try-catch-finally statement showing the catch blocks in bold try{ statements } catch (exception_type1 identifier1) { statements } catch (exception_type2 identifier2) { statements ... } finally { statements }	try-catch-finally statement			to catch a particular type of exception	Exception Handling
else block	if there is nothing to do in the false case			if statement		to create a new scope and/or to create a compound statement	Loops and Decision Making
nested block					A block that is nested inside another block	to create a new scope and/or to create a compound statement	Statements and Expressions

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