• If-statement

    If-statements or also if-else-statements make up an essential part of every program. These statements check if a specified condition is met and react accordingly. If the specified condition isn’t met, the program will execute a different code, which may be specified inside an else code block.

    It is also possible to check multiple different conditions by using else if blocks.

    Syntax

    They must have a single starting if, may have multiple extending else if branches and can have a single ending else branch, which is evaluated if the previous condition were all false.

    if (CONDITION) STATEMENT;
    // Required
    else if (CONDITION) STATEMENT;
    // Optional - No limit for the amount of 'else if' branches
    else STATEMENT; // Optional
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    Examples

    // Simple comparison of a value
    var var1: num = 4;
    if (var1 == 4) {
      call print("It's 4");
    } else {
      call print("It's not 4");
    }
    
    // Simple else-if branch chaining
    var var2: num = 5;
    if (var2 < 5) {
      call print("It's less than 5");
    } else if (var2 == 5) {
      call print("It's 5");
    } else {
      call print("It's more than 5");
    }
    
    // Simple else-if branch chaining without braces
    var var3: num = 123;
    if (var3 < 123)
      call print("It's less than 123");
    else if (var3 == 123) {
      call print("It's 123");
    else
      call print("It's more than 123");
    
    // Nested if-statement
    var var4: str = "Hello!";
    if (var4 == "Hello")
      call print("It says Hello. Hello back :)");
    else
      if (var4 == "Hello!")
        call print("It says Hello! Hello back!");
      else
        call print(f"It says: {var4}");
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