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61 | Expression statements are used (mostly interactively) to compute and | |
62 | write a value, or (usually) to call a procedure (a function that | |
63 | returns no meaningful result; in Python, procedures return the value | |
64 | <code>None</code>). Other uses of expression statements are allowed and | |
65 | occasionally useful. The syntax for an expression statement is: | |
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83 | An expression statement evaluates the expression list (which may be a | |
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