C Statements

Statements

A computer program is a list of instructions that a computer follows.

In C, these instructions are called statements.

The following statement tells the program to print the text Hello World! to the screen:

Every statement in C must end with a semicolon ;.

If you forget the semicolon, the compiler will show an error and the program will not run:

Many Statements

Most C programs contain more than one statement.

Statements are executed one by one, in the same order as they are written:

Example explained

This program contains three statements:

1. printf("Hello World!");
2. printf("Have a good day!");
3. return 0;

The first statement runs first and prints Hello World!.
Then the second statement runs and prints Have a good day!.
Finally, the last statement runs and ends the program.