If/else

[tone]

Hey there

I'm new to this forum

is anyone able to explain the brackets in the if/else statements to me?

my statements are all being printed no matter what the guard is.

Cheers

[AkramIzzeldin]

can you put your code to know what is your problem?

[Maniax]

When the if statement is true, the next line will be printed

eg:

if (true)
    cout << "The statement is true" << endl;
cout << "This sentence will be displayed even if the statement is false" << endl;

when 2 or more commands need to be executed when an if statement is true, you use the brackets {}

eg:

if (true)
{
    cout << "The statement is true" << endl;
    cout << "This sentence will only be displayed if the statement is true" << endl;
    //other commands that will be executed when the if statement is true
}

if/else can be used as follows:

if (number == 1)
    //do this
else if (number == 2)
    //do that
else
    //if the number is not 1 nor 2, do this