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In this chapter, you will learn how to use conditional statements. We would cover the following conditional statements:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. if Statement<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. if-else Statement<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Multiple if-else Statement<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Nested if-else Statement<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

     <\/p>\n

    1. if Statement<\/strong><\/h4>\n

    The if statement is use to evaluate a conditional expression and has the syntax:<\/p>\n

    if<\/span>(<\/span>expression)<\/span> {<\/span>\r\n   \/\/ Execute if true<\/span>\r\n}<\/span>\r\n<\/pre>\n
    If the expression evaluates to true, then the code inside the block is executed. Otherwise, the code is skipped.<\/p>\n
    An example program is given below. Try to enter and run it using your compiler.<\/p>\n
    object<\/span> ConditionDemo<\/span> {<\/span>\r\n   def<\/span> main(<\/span>args:<\/span> Array<\/span>[<\/span>String<\/span>])<\/span> {<\/span>\r\n      var<\/span> age =<\/span> 10<\/span>;<\/span>\r\n\r\n      if<\/span>(<\/span> age <<\/span> 15<\/span> ){<\/span>\r\n         println(<\/span>\"He is young\"<\/span>);<\/span>\r\n      }<\/span>\r\n   }<\/span>\r\n}<\/span>\r\n<\/pre>\n
     <\/p>\n
    2. if-else Statement<\/strong><\/h4>\n
    For the if-else statement, we have a conditional expression, then we have two blocks of code:<\/p>\n
      \n
    • if block<\/strong> – executes if the expression evaluates to true<\/li>\n
    • else block<\/strong> – executes if the expression evaluates to false<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
      The code below is an example of how the if-else statement works<\/p>\n
      object<\/span> ConditionDemo<\/span> {<\/span>\r\n   def<\/span> main(<\/span>args:<\/span> Array<\/span>[<\/span>String<\/span>])<\/span> {<\/span>\r\n      var<\/span> age =<\/span> 10<\/span>;<\/span>\r\n\r\n      if<\/span>(<\/span> age <<\/span> 15<\/span> ){<\/span>\r\n         println(<\/span>\"He is a child\"<\/span>);<\/span>\r\n      }<\/span>\r\n      else<\/span> {<\/span>\r\n         println(<\/span>\"He is an adult\"<\/span>);<\/span>\r\n      }<\/span>\r\n\r\n   }<\/span>\r\n}<\/span>\r\n<\/pre>\n
       <\/p>\n
      3. Multiple if-else Statement<\/strong><\/h4>\n
      In this case, an if statement is followed by one or more else-if-else. This is used to test a series of possible conditions using one statement. An example would be assigning the grades of students based on their scores e.g 70 – 100 is A, 60 – 69 is B etc.<\/p>\n
      Also note that if one of the if statements evaluates to true, then the remaining statements are skipped.<\/p>\n
      object<\/span> ConditionDemo<\/span> {<\/span>\r\n  def<\/span> main(<\/span>args:<\/span> Array<\/span>[<\/span>String<\/span>])<\/span> {<\/span>\r\n    var<\/span> score =<\/span> 50<\/span>;<\/span>\r\n\r\n    if<\/span>(<\/span> score ==<\/span> 70<\/span> ){<\/span>\r\n      println(<\/span>\"Excellent!\"<\/span>);<\/span>\r\n    }<\/span> \r\n    else<\/span> if<\/span>(<\/span> score ><\/span> 49<\/span> ){<\/span>\r\n      println(<\/span>\"Average performance\"<\/span>);<\/span>\r\n    }<\/span> \r\n    else<\/span> if<\/span>(<\/span> score ><\/span> 30<\/span> ){<\/span>\r\n      println(<\/span>\"Not so good\"<\/span>);<\/span>\r\n    }<\/span> \r\n    else<\/span>{<\/span>\r\n      println(<\/span>\"He Failed!!\"<\/span>);<\/span>\r\n    }<\/span>\r\n  }<\/span>\r\n}<\/span>\r\n<\/pre>\n
      In this example, the compiler starts by checking the first conditional expression (score == 70), then subsequently checks other expression if the result of the previous is false. So the output would be “Average Performance”. At this point, subsequent expressions are skipped.<\/p>\n
       <\/p>\n
      4. Nested if-else Statement<\/strong><\/h4>\n
      In this case we would have if-else statements nested within another if-else statement. Here, each of the if blocks is treated separately.<\/p>\n
      object<\/span> NestedDemo<\/span> {<\/span>\r\n   def<\/span> main(<\/span>args:<\/span> Array<\/span>[<\/span>String<\/span>])<\/span> {<\/span>\r\n      var<\/span> a =<\/span> 100<\/span>;<\/span>\r\n      var<\/span> b =<\/span> 200<\/span>;<\/span>\r\n      \r\n      if<\/span>(<\/span> a ==<\/span> 100<\/span> ){<\/span>\r\n         if<\/span>(<\/span> b ==<\/span> 200<\/span> ){<\/span>\r\n            println(<\/span>\"A = 100 and B = 200\"<\/span>);<\/span>\r\n         }<\/span>\r\n      }<\/span>\r\n   }<\/span>\r\n}<\/span>\r\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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