a block of simple statements surrounded by begin/end keywords
a block of single statements enclosed by curly braces
a group of statements surrounded by curly braces
a group of statements that are enclosed within curly braces
a list of statements enclosed by braces
a sequence of single statements contained between braces
a sequence of statement and is commonly refered to as a BLOCK
a sequence of statements surounded by braces
a sequence of statements treated syntactically as one statement
a statement that makes multiple claims
A group of zero or more statements contained within a set of braces. A compound statement is also called a block. Note that a compound statement is itself a statement and so a compound statement can be part of a larger compound statement.
a statement which contains another statement as a component part.
A series of awk statements, enclosed in curly braces. Compound statements may be nested. See section Control Statements in Actions.
A sequence of simple statements.
A group of statements enclosed with the reserved words begin and end, and which are treated as a single statement.