always Block

• A procedure that describes the function of a circuit

  • Can contain many statements including if, for, while, case
  • Statements in the always block are executed sequentially
    • (Continuous assignments are executed in parallel)
  • The entire block is executed at once
  • The final result describes the function of the circuit for currentset of inputs
    • intermediate assignments don’t matter, only the final result

• begin/end used to group statements

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