control structure

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control structure

noun control structures

A structure used to direct the flow of execution of a program. In C++ you can and often will nest control structures: place one conditional within another; put a loop within another loop; have a conditional within a loop; and so forth.

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@misc{control_structure_2026,
  title = {control structure},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/control%20structure},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}