Java 6 Illuminated: An Active Learning Approach, 2nd Edition

224 CHAPTER 5 Flow of Control,Part 1: Selection

5.4 Selection Using if/else if

The last form of an if statement is appropriate when the data falls into more

than two mutually exclusive categories and the appropriate instructions to

execute are different for each category. For this situation, Java provides the

if/else if statement.

The if/else if statement follows this pattern:

if ( condition 1 )

{

true block for condition 1

}

else if ( condition 2 )

On the CD-ROM included with this book,you will find a Flash movie illustrating step-by-step how to

use an if/else statement.Click on the link for Chapter 5 to view the movie.

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