3.1. The if Statement

Figure 3.1 lays out the form of an if statement.

Figure 3.1. The form of an if statement.
						if(expression1)
{
    This block gets executed if expression1 is true.
}
elseif(expression2)
{
    This block gets executed if expression1
    is false and expression 2 is true.
}
else
{
    This block gets executed if both expression1
    and expression2 are false.
}

The if statement executes a statement if the expression inside the parentheses evaluates to true; otherwise, the code is skipped. It may be a single statement followed by a semicolon. Usually it's a compound statement surrounded by curly braces. An else statement may appear immediately after the statement and have a statement of its own. It too may be either single or compound. It is executed ...

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