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  [ <label> : ] <statement>
 
  Description
 
    A statement is a language structure that causes an action. (There
    is also a kind of statement called an empty statement that does
    nothing at all.) Every statement type falls into either a simple
    or structured category.
 
    Semicolons separate but do not end statements. For instance,
    within a series of statements enclosed by the keywords BEGIN and
    END, a semicolon separates each statement. Because the END
    keyword functions as the end for the series of statements, the
    last statement does not need a semicolon.
 
    If a semicolon is placed after the last statement, the compiler
    places another statement between the last statement and END. This
    statement is called an empty statement.
 
  See also:  Simple statement, Structured statement