A statement is a piece of JScript code that performs an action. Some statements declare user-defined elements, such as variables, functions, classes, and enumerations, while other statements control program flow. The following sections link to information that explains how to use statements in JScript.

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break Statement: Terminates the current loop, or if in conjunction with a label, terminates the associated statement.

class Statement: Defines a class and the members of that class.

@cc_on Statement: Activates conditional compilation support.

Comment Statements: Causes comments, either single line (//) or multiline (/* */) to be ignored by the JScript parser.

const Statement: Defines a constant identifier and its value.

continue Statement: Stops the current iteration of a loop and starts a new iteration.

debugger Statement: Launches the installed debugger.

do...while Statement: Executes a statement block once, and then repeats execution of the loop until a condition expression evaluates to false.

enum Statement: Declares an enumeration and the enumeration values.

for Statement: Executes a block of statements for as long as a specified condition is true.

for...in Statement: Executes one or more statements for each element of an object or array.

function Statement: Declares a new function.

function get Statement: Declares the setter for a property.

function set Statement: Declares the getter for a property.

@if...@elif...@else...@end Statement: Conditionally executes a group of statements depending on the value of an expression.

if...else Statement: Conditionally executes a group of statements depending on the value of an expression.

import Statement: Enables access to external library.

interface Statement: Declares an interface and the members of the interface.

Labeled Statement: Provides an identifier for a statement.

package Statement: Provides a way to package classes and interfaces in named components.

print Statement: Provides a way to display information from a program run from the command line.

return Statement: Exits from the current function and returns a value from that function.

@set Statement: Creates variables used with conditional compilation statements.

static Statement: Declares a block of code that initializes a class.

super Statement: Refers to the base class of the current object.

switch Statement: Enables the execution of one or more statements when a specified expression's value matches a label.

this Statement: Refers to the current object.

throw Statement: Generates an error condition that can be handled by a try...catch statement.

try...catch...finally Statement: Implements error handling for JScript.

var Statement: Declares a variable.

while Statement: Executes a statement until a specified condition is false.

with Statement: Establishes the default object for a statement.

Related Sections

JScript Reference: Lists elements that comprise JScript Language Reference and links to topics that explain the details behind the proper use of language elements.

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