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<div class="section" id="the-pass-statement">
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<span id="pass"></span><h2>The <a class="reference internal" href="#pass"><tt class="xref std std-keyword docutils literal"><span class="pre">pass</span></tt></a> statement</h2>
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<pre id="index-17">
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<strong id="grammar-token-pass_stmt">pass_stmt</strong> ::= "pass"
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<p><a class="reference internal" href="#pass"><tt class="xref std std-keyword docutils literal"><span class="pre">pass</span></tt></a> is a null operation — when it is executed, nothing happens.
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It is useful as a placeholder when a statement is required syntactically, but no
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code needs to be executed, for example:</p>
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<div class="highlight-python3"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">f</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="k">pass</span> <span class="c"># a function that does nothing (yet)</span>
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<span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">C</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="k">pass</span> <span class="c"># a class with no methods (yet)</span>
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</pre></div>
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