Control Flow Statements

Learn how control flow in Python and Java directs code execution, highlighting Python’s elif and Java’s nested if, along with boolean and comparison operators.

Control flow statements are programming constructs that let the execution of certain blocks of code be contingent on certain conditions or be repeated based on loops. They enable programmers to set the order in which a program executes its instructions.

The if statement

In Python, the if block is a conditional statement that executes a set of codes only when a specified condition is true. In Python, indentation after a colon (:) defines the scope of the block.

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