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576.1 Expression statements
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61Expression statements are used (mostly interactively) to compute and
62write a value, or (usually) to call a procedure (a function that
63returns no meaningful result; in Python, procedures return the value
64<code>None</code>). Other uses of expression statements are allowed and
65occasionally useful. The syntax for an expression statement is:
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83An expression statement evaluates the expression list (which may be a
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87In interactive mode, if the value is not <code>None</code>, it is converted
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