Statements

Pass statement

• The "pass" statement is a null operation--when it is executed, nothing happens.
• It is useful as a placeholder when a statement is required syntactically, but no code needs to be executed,

Simple statements

• Several simple statements may occur on a single logical line separated by semicolons.
• Two or more physical lines may be joined into logical lines using backslash characters (\) at the end of each non-final line.

Clause

• A clause consists of a header and a suite.

Header

• Each clause header begins with a unique keyword and ends with a colon.

Suite

• A suite is a group of statements controlled by a clause.
• A suite can be one or more semicolon-separated simple statements on the same line as the header, following the header's colon, or it can be one or more indented statements on subsequent lines.

Compound statements

• Compound statements consist of one or more clauses.
• The clause headers of a particular compound statement are all at the same indentation level.
• A suite cannot contain nested compound statements if it is located on the same line as the header for the clause.