PPI::Statement::Expression(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation PPI::Statement::Expression(3)

# [NAME](#NAME)

PPI::Statement::Expression - A generic and non-specialised statement

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

```
  $foo = bar;
  ("Hello World!");
  do_this();
```

# [INHERITANCE](#INHERITANCE)

```
  PPI::Statement::Expression
  isa PPI::Statement
      isa PPI::Node
          isa PPI::Element
```

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

A "PPI::Statement::Expression" is a normal statement that is evaluated, may or may not assign, may or may not have side effects, and has no special or redeeming features whatsoever.

It provides a default for all statements that don't fit into any other classes.

# [METHODS](#METHODS)

"PPI::Statement::Expression" has no additional methods beyond the default ones provided by PPI::Statement, PPI::Node and PPI::Element.

# [SUPPORT](#SUPPORT)

See the support section in the main module.

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

Adam Kennedy <adamk@cpan.org>

# [COPYRIGHT](#COPYRIGHT)

Copyright 2001 - 2011 Adam Kennedy.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.

2026-08-18 perl v5.44.0

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Document: PPI::Statement::Expression(3pm) from perl-ppi 1.291-r1 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/Perl-Critic/PPI