22. Simple statements

Python statement types are divided into two groups. Simple statements, that are executed sequentially and do not affect the flow of control, are described first. Compound statements, which may affect the sequence of execution, are discussed in Section 23, “Compound statements”.

Here, for your convenience, is a table of all the Python statement types, and the sections where they are described. The first one, the assignment statement, does not have an initial keyword: an assignment statement is a statement of the form “variable = expression”.

Assignment	Section 22.1, “The assignment statement: `name = expression`”.
`assert`	Section 22.2, “The `assert` statement: Verify preconditions”.
`break`	Section 23.2, “The `break` statement: Exit a `for` or `while` loop”.
`continue`	Section 23.3, “The `continue` statement: Jump to the next cycle of a `for` or `while`”.
`del`	Section 22.3, “The `del` statement: Delete a name or part of a value”.
`elif`	Section 23.5, “The `if` statement: Conditional execution” and Section 23.8, “The `try` statement: Anticipate exceptions”.
`else`	Section 23.5, “The `if` statement: Conditional execution”.
`except`	Section 23.8, “The `try` statement: Anticipate exceptions”.
`exec`	Section 22.4, “The `exec` statement: Execute Python source code”.
`finally`	Section 23.8, “The `try` statement: Anticipate exceptions”.
`for`	Section 23.4, “The `for` statement: Iteration over a sequence”.
`from`	Section 22.6, “The `import` statement: Use a module”.
`global`	Section 22.5, “The `global` statement: Declare access to a global name”.
`if`	Section 23.5, “The `if` statement: Conditional execution”.
`import`	Section 22.6, “The `import` statement: Use a module”.
`pass`	Section 22.7, “The `pass` statement: Do nothing”.
`print`	Section 22.8, “The `print` statement: Display output values”.
`raise`	Section 23.6, “The `raise` statement: Cause an exception”.
`return`	Section 23.7, “The `return` statement: Exit a function or method”.
`try`	Section 23.8, “The `try` statement: Anticipate exceptions”.
`yield`	Section 23.10, “The `yield` statement: Generate one result from a generator”.

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22. Simple statements