[stmt.block]

# 8 Statements [[stmt]](./#stmt)

## 8.4 Compound statement or block [stmt.block]

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A [*compound statement*](#def:statement,compound "8.4 Compound statement or block [stmt.block]") (also known as a block) groups a
sequence of statements into a single statement[.](#1.sentence-1)

[compound-statement:](#nt:compound-statement "8.4 Compound statement or block [stmt.block]")  
{ [*statement-seq*](#nt:statement-seq "8.4 Compound statement or block [stmt.block]")opt [*label-seq*](#nt:label-seq "8.4 Compound statement or block [stmt.block]")opt }

[statement-seq:](#nt:statement-seq "8.4 Compound statement or block [stmt.block]")  
[*statement*](stmt.pre#nt:statement "8.1 Preamble [stmt.pre]") [*statement-seq*](#nt:statement-seq "8.4 Compound statement or block [stmt.block]")opt

[label-seq:](#nt:label-seq "8.4 Compound statement or block [stmt.block]")  
[*label*](stmt.label#nt:label "8.2 Label [stmt.label]") [*label-seq*](#nt:label-seq "8.4 Compound statement or block [stmt.block]")opt

A label at the end of a [*compound-statement*](#nt:compound-statement "8.4 Compound statement or block [stmt.block]") is treated as if it were followed by a null statement[.](#1.sentence-2)

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[*Note [1](#note-1)*:

A compound statement defines a block scope ([[basic.scope]](basic.scope "6.4 Scope"))[.](#2.sentence-1)

A declaration is a [*statement*](stmt.pre#nt:statement "8.1 Preamble [stmt.pre]") ([[stmt.dcl]](stmt.dcl "8.10 Declaration statement"))[.](#2.sentence-2)

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