statement Comparison Table

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Subject have syntax have example occur be part of is part of has definition have purpose be contain is a subtopic of is a synonym of import divide into locate

control flow statement to control the flow of execution of a program not more than one line long if possible Loops and Decision Making control statement

expression statement An expression followed by a semicolon not more than one line long if possible Statements and Expressions

import statement
import packageName.*
OR
import packageName.className
//Import the Circle class from the graphics package
import graphics.Circle;

//Import the entire graphics package
import graphics.*;
definition A statement that permits using references to other packages without prefixes to allow a class to use the facilities of another package not more than one line long if possible Packages import declaration 1 member class of a package or imports on demand 0 or more member classes from a package
after the package statement
and before any class or interface definitions

incrementor loop to update a variable set in an initializer not more than one line long if possible Loops and Decision Making

initializer loop to set up an initial condition for a loop, often initializing a variable not more than one line long if possible Loops and Decision Making

long statement not more than one line long if possible Statements and Expressions multiple lines such that the second and subsequent lines begin with an operator and are indented

package statement
package packageName
package com.naviseek.canasta
at the beginning of a file definition A statement that declares the name of the package the file defines to specify the name of the package to which the compilation unit in which the package declaration is put belongs the first statement in the source file except for comments package information about the class in the source file Packages package declaration

Subject	have syntax	have example	occur	be part of	is part of	has definition	have purpose	be	contain	is a subtopic of	is a synonym of	import	divide into	locate
control flow statement							to control the flow of execution of a program	not more than one line long if possible		Loops and Decision Making	control statement
expression statement						An expression followed by a semicolon		not more than one line long if possible		Statements and Expressions
import statement	**import packageName.*** OR import packageName.className	//Import* the Circle class from the graphics package* import graphics.Circle; //Import* the entire graphics package* import graphics.*;		definition		A statement that permits using references to other packages without prefixes	to allow a class to use the facilities of another package	not more than one line long if possible		Packages	import declaration	1 member class of a package or imports on demand 0 or more member classes from a package		after the package statement and before any class or interface definitions
incrementor					loop		to update a variable set in an initializer	not more than one line long if possible		Loops and Decision Making
initializer					loop		to set up an initial condition for a loop, often initializing a variable	not more than one line long if possible		Loops and Decision Making
long statement								not more than one line long if possible		Statements and Expressions			multiple lines such that the second and subsequent lines begin with an operator and are indented
package statement	package packageName	package com.naviseek.canasta	at the beginning of a file	definition		A statement that declares the name of the package the file defines	to specify the name of the package to which the compilation unit in which the package declaration is put belongs	the first statement in the source file except for comments	package information about the class in the source file	Packages	package declaration

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