Conditionals

Programming basics

A conditional statement evaluates an expression and executes instructions depending on the outcome of the evaluation. Conditionals depend on operators to evaluate if an expression is true or false. A condition and selection are not the same thing. A condition asks a question. A selection processes the answer.

With gratitude to and permission from Stephen Hughes (Coe College) and Philip East (University of Northern Iowa), The list below is an example of types of conditional questions. You should start thinking about conditions in plain english before you start thinking about operators.

• Match
• Threshold
• Range
• One-of
• Not-match
• Not one of
• All of
• Some of
• Eligible

Conditional operators

• Please see this link for conditional operators

See Also

• Operators

Assess the implications and limitations; make judgments about the ideas, works, solutions or methods in relation to selected criteria.

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