Java Quick Syntax Reference

CHAPTER 7

Conditionals

Conditional statements are used to execute different code blocks based on different conditions.

If statement

The if statement will only execute if the condition inside the parentheses is evaluated to true. The condition can include any of the comparison and logical operators.

if (x < 1) {  System.out.print(x + " < 1");}  

To test for other conditions, the if statement can be extended by any number of else if clauses. Each additional condition will only be tested if all previous conditions are false.

else if (x > 1) {  System.out.print(x + " > 1");}  

The if statement can have one else clause at the end, which will execute ...