First of all, I ++ you for comming up with topic that generated as much conversation as this one has. If I were asked to define on a test the difference between the two, but I failed to study (which was usually the case in high school) I would probably write something like this:
A statement (in perl) is anything that is ended with a ";" while an expression is the part of a statement that actually does something like a mathematical computation, or the assigning of a value etc. The statement doesn't necessarly contain an expression. In reality, as long as you and those you are communicating with know what you are talking about, it doesn't matter what you call it.

Stuffy
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In reply to Re: What is the difference between a Statement and an Expression? by stuffy
in thread What is the difference between a Statement and an Expression? by supernewbie

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