An if-statement performance question

[jrohde]

Hello all,

Let's say I've got the following statement:

if (number > 10.0 && number < 5.0) do_something();

Then would I lose or gain performance by doing this:

if (number > 10.0) {
   
   if (number < 5.0) do_something();

}

?

[Zaita]

Performance is the same.

[anders43]

most compilers optimize it anyways so the main objective for you as a programmer should be to make the code readable by other people

also what's up with checking if value is larger than 10 AND smaller than 5? :)