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syntactic unit > expression

expression
subject			fact

expression	can be part of an expression
	has definition A series of variables, operators and method calls (constructed according to the syntax of the language) that evaluates to a single value
	has type that is the type of its result
	has value called its result, or its return value
	has purpose to compute values or to assign to a variable or to control the flow of execution
	is a subtopic of Statements and Expressions
	is a kind of syntactic unit
	occurs in a context where a value is required
	performs a computation specified by 0 or more operators
	returns a value from its computation
syntactic unit	has syntax rule bold = mandatory italic = non-terminal normal font = optional

Kinds of expression :

• array access expression (3 facts)
• assignment expression (5 facts) - An expression that contains an assignment operator
• boolean expression (6 facts) - An expression that produces a true or false result
• cast expression (4 facts)
• compound expression (5 facts) - An expression made up of two or more expressions
• conditional operator expression (5 facts)
• numeric expression (4 facts) (arithmetic expression)
• object creation expression (5 kinds, 27 facts) - An expression that creates a new object