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In simple settings, the [[return type|resulting value]] is usually one of various [[primitive data type|primitive types]], such as [[string (computer science)|string]], [[boolean expression|boolean]], or numerical (such as [[integer (computer science)|integer]], [[floating-point number|floating-point]], or [[complex data type|complex]]).
 
Expressions are often contrasted with [[Statement (computer science)|statement]]s—syntactics—[[syntactic]] entities that have no value (an instruction).
 
==Examples==
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==See also==
* [[Boolean expression]]
* [[Evaluation strategy]]