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nested block
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nested blockhas definition A block that is nested inside another blockadded by: JK, reference: Source 2, 2001-10-19 11:37:28.0
is a subtopic of Statements and Expressions2001-10-19 11:37:28.0
is a kind of blockadded by: DS, 2001-10-19 11:37:29.0
should be indented carefullysource: Object Oriented Software Engineering by Lethbridge and Laganière, 2001-10-19 11:37:29.0
blockcontains several statements surrounded by braces    2001-10-19 11:36:10.0
has example
{
a =5;
b = computeSomething;
}   
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has layout example style preferred by Sun:
if(condition) {
// statements
}
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has layout example style preferred by the authors:
if(condition)
{
// statements
}
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has purpose to create a new scope and/or to create a compound statement2001-10-19 11:36:10.0
is used as the body of classes, loops, conditional statements and for exception handling    2001-10-19 11:36:10.0
syntactic unithas syntax rule
bold = mandatory
italic = non-terminal
normal font = optional
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Kinds of nested block :