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Expression

A combination of letters, numbers, and/or symbols used to represent a value of a variable. Expressions are found and used in various programming languages, databases, and spreadsheets. Below are some basic examples of expressions in the Perl programming language.

$test = "example text";

In the above example, "example text" is the expression of the $test variable.

$total = $value1 + $value2;

In the above example the total value of $value1 and $value2 is the expression of the $total variable. In other words if $value1 and $value2 both had an expression of "1" then the $total expression is "2".

Also see: Conditional expression, Operand, Programming definitions, Regular expression, Variable

 

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