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CompoundExpression


evaluates the in turn, giving the last one as the result.
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  • CompoundExpression evaluates its arguments in a sequence corresponding to the control flow.
  • The returned value can be the result of Return[expr].
  • returns value Null. If it is given as input, the resulting output will not be printed. Out[n] will nevertheless be assigned to be the value of .
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Basic Examples   (3)
Do a computation, but do not print its output:
is still set to be the output:
In[1]:=
Click for copyable input
 
In[1]:=
Click for copyable input
Out[1]=
 
Do a computation, but do not print its output:
In[1]:=
Click for copyable input
is still set to be the output:
In[2]:=
Click for copyable input
Out[2]=
Scope   (1)
Use Throw, Catch to exit immediately:
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