Flash cards
Review the key moves
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Core idea
What is the main idea behind Java if Keyword?
Lesson checks
Practice each idea before moving on
Short Mimo-style checks built from this lesson's code, terms, and sequence.
1Quick choice
Which statement best captures the main point of this lesson?
2Order
Put the learning moves in the order that makes the concept easiest to apply.
- Use if to specify a block of code to be executed, if a specified condition is true - Use else to specify a block of code to be executed, if the same condition is false - Use else if to specify a new condition to test, if the first condition is false - Use switch to specify many alternative blocks of code to be executed
The if statement specifies a block of Java code to be executed if a condition is true .
Definition and Usage
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trueDefinition and Usage
The if statement specifies a block of Java code to be executed if a condition is true .
Java has the following conditional statements
- Use if to specify a block of code to be executed, if a specified condition is true
- Use else to specify a block of code to be executed, if the same condition is false
- Use else if to specify a new condition to test, if the first condition is false
- Use switch to specify many alternative blocks of code to be executed
Related Pages
Read more about conditions in our Java If...Else Tutorial .
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