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expr1;expr2;…

evaluates the expri in turn, giving the last one as the result.

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CompoundExpression

expr1;expr2;…

evaluates the expri in turn, giving the last one as the result.

Details

  • 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 expri can be affected by Return, Throw, and Goto.
  • expr1;expr2; 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 expr2.

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Basic Examples  (3)

Do a computation, but do not print its output:

% is still set to be the output:

Scope  (1)

Use Throw, Catch to exit immediately:

Wolfram Research (1988), CompoundExpression, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CompoundExpression.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (1988), CompoundExpression, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CompoundExpression.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 1988. "CompoundExpression." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CompoundExpression.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (1988). CompoundExpression. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CompoundExpression.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_compoundexpression, author="Wolfram Research", title="{CompoundExpression}", year="1988", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CompoundExpression.html}", note=[Accessed: 10-August-2025]}

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@online{reference.wolfram_2025_compoundexpression, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={CompoundExpression}, year={1988}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CompoundExpression.html}, note=[Accessed: 10-August-2025]}