Mathematica > Core Language > Procedural Programming > CompoundExpression (;)
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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].
  • The evaluation of the can be affected by Return, Throw, and Goto.
  • 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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Do a computation, but do not print its output:

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