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# Statements

CLight statements consist of expressions and other statements. A statement that forms a component of another statement is called the `body` of the enclosing statement. Each statement type given by the following syntax is discussed in this section.

## Syntax

*`statement`*:\
    [*`declaration`*](/clight/reference/declarations-and-types.md)\
    [*`expression-statement`*](/clight/reference/statements/expression-statements.md)\
    [*`if-statement`*](/clight/reference/statements/conditional-statements.md)\
    [*`iteration-statement`*](/clight/reference/statements/iterative-statements.md)