Visual Basic 2005 for Programmers: Deitel Developer Series, Second Edition

5.3. If...Then Selection Statement

A selection statement chooses among alternative courses of action. For example, suppose that the passing grade on an examination is 60 (out of 100). Then the statement

					If studentGrade >= 60
					Then
   Console.WriteLine ("Passed")
End If
				

outputs the string "Passed" if the student’s grade is at least 60.

The preceding If...Then selection statement also could be written on a single line as

					If studentGrade >= 60
					Then Console.WriteLine("Passed"
				

In the multiple-line format, all statements (there can be many) in the body of the If...Then are executed if the condition is true. In the single-line format, only the statement immediately after the Then keyword is executed if the condition is true. Although writing the If ...