Introduction to Conditional Statements
Explore how conditional statements like IF, IF-ELSE, and IF-ELSE-IF enable programs to make decisions based on conditions. Learn to use pseudocode and flowcharts to represent and implement decision logic in programming.
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The need for conditional statements
Often, we take action based on the circumstances around us. This is called decision making. For instance, if the weather is hot, we might drink a cold beverage like a milkshake, and if the weather is cold, we might choose to drink hot chocolate.
Similarly, we want our computer programs to decide what action to take depending on the result of a condition(s). This is where conditional statements like IF, IF-ELSE, and IF-ELSE-IF come into play.
The IF statement
Suppose we want our program to output ...