Conditional statements

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Conditional statements

• The statements executed depend on a condition
• Note the basic forms and punctuation
• if (condition)
• statement
• statement
• ...
• if (condition)
• statement
• ...
• else
• statement
• ...

if (naomi.winsRace()) count
if (x lt y) min x else min y
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Conditional statements

• The statements executed depend on a condition
• The condition is evaluated left-to-right and may
  be short-circuited
• Note the indentation and curly-brace style in
  multiple cases

if (x lt y) min x else min y
if (score gt 90) grade A else if
(score gt 80) grade B else
grade C
if (naomi.winsRace()) count
if ( (fido ! null) (fido.isAlive() )
fido.bark()
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