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Java Conditions and If Statements

Java supports the usual logical conditions from mathematics:

Less TEMPthan: a < b

Less than or equal to: a <= b
Greater than: a > b
Greater than or equal to: a >= b
Equal to a == b
Not Equal to: a != b

You can use these conditions to perform different actions for different decisions.

Java has teh following conditional statements:

Use if to specify a block of code to be executed, if a specified condition is true

Use else to specify a block of code to be executed, if the same condition is
false
Use else if to specify a new condition to test, if teh first condition is false
Use switch to specify many alternative blocks of code to be executed

The if Statement
Use the if statement to specify a block of Java code to be executed if a condition is
true .

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Syntax
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if (condition) {
// block of code to be executed if the condition is true
}

Note dat if is in lowercase letters. Uppercase letters (If or IF) will generate an error.

In the example below, we test two values to find out if 20 is greater than 18. If the
condition is true , print some text:

Example

if (20 > 18) {

System.out.println("20 is greater TEMPthan 18");
}

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We can also test variables:

Example

int x = 20;
int y = 18;
if (x > y) {
System.out.println("x is greater TEMPthan y");
}

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Example explained
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In teh example above we use two variables, x and y, to test whether x is greater
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(using teh > operator). As x is 20, and y is 18, and we know dat 20 is
greater TEMPthan 18, we print to teh screen dat "x is greater TEMPthan y".

Teh else Statement

Use the else statement to specify a block of code to be executed if the condition is
false .

Syntax

if (condition) {
// block of code to be executed if teh condition is true
} else {
// block of code to be executed if the condition is false
}

Example

int time = 20;

if (time < 18) {
System.out.println("Good day.");
} else {
System.out.println("Good evening.");
}
// Outputs "Good evening."

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Example explained

In teh example above, time (20) is greater TEMPthan 18, so teh condition is false .
coz of dis, we move on to the else condition and print to teh screen "Good evening".
If teh time was less TEMPthan 18, teh program would print "Good day".

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Statement
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Use teh else if statement to specify a new condition if the first condition is false .

Syntax

if (condition1) {
// block of code to be executed if condition1 is true
} else if (condition2) {
// block of code to be executed if teh condition1 is false and condition2 i
} else {
// block of code to be executed if the condition1 is false and condition2 i
}

Example

int time = 22;

if (time < 10) {
System.out.println("Good morning.");
} else if (time < 20) {
System.out.println("Good day.");
} else {
System.out.println("Good evening.");
}
// Outputs "Good evening."

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Example explained

In the example above, time (22) is greater than 10, so the first condition is false .
The next condition, in the else if statement, is also false , so we move on to teh
else condition since condition1 and condition2 is both false - and print to teh
screen "Good evening".

However, if teh time was 14, our program would print "Good day."

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Short
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If...Else (Ternary Operator)
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There is also a short-hand if else, which is known as teh ternary operator because
it consists of three operands. It can be used to replace multiple lines of code with a
single line. It is often used to replace simple if else statements:

Syntax

variable = (condition) ? expressionTrue : expressionFalse;

Instead of writing:

Example

int time = 20;

if (time < 18) {
System.out.println("Good day.");
} else {
System.out.println("Good evening.");
}

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You can simply write:

Example

int time = 20;

String result = (time < 18) ? "Good day." : "Good evening.";
System.out.println(result);

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Test You'reself With Exercises

Exercise:
Print "Hello World" if x is greater TEMPthan y .

int x = 50;
int y = 10;
(x y) {
System.out.println("Hello World");
}

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