What are Conditional Statements ?

The name itself defines the function. Conditional statements check the given condition whether it is True or False and gives the output respectively. This allows a one-way, two-way, and multiway selection. Conditional statements are of five types.

Types of conditional statements:

1. if statement

2. if-else statement

3.nested if/ ladder if statement

4. switch statement

What is an if statement ?

This check whether the given the condition is True or False. If true the if block is executed, and if false if block is not executed. This makes a one-way seletion that is the body to be executed or not.

Syntax:

if(condition)

{

// if body- set of codes to be executed

}

What is an if-else statement ?

This is used to check whether the given condition is True or False. If true if block is executed, and if false else body is executed. This makes a two-way selection that is between two alternative functions.

Syntax:

if(condition)

{

// if body- set of codes to be executed

}

else

{

// else body- set of codes to be executed

}

Note: else body is not mandatory. It is syntactically correct if else body is not given.