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A conditional statement evaluates an expression and executes instructions depending on the outcome of the evaluation. Most of the time, the evaluation is [[boolean]] (true or false). | A conditional statement evaluates an expression and executes instructions depending on the outcome of the evaluation. Most of the time, the evaluation is [[boolean]] (true or false). | ||
An example of a simpl conditional in PHP: | |||
<syntaxhighlight lang="php" > | <syntaxhighlight lang="php" > | ||
$secret_number = 54; | |||
if $player_guess == | |||
</syntaxhighlight> | </syntaxhighlight> | ||
Revision as of 21:45, 18 September 2016
Programming basics[1]
A conditional statement evaluates an expression and executes instructions depending on the outcome of the evaluation. Most of the time, the evaluation is boolean (true or false).
An example of a simpl conditional in PHP:
$secret_number = 54;
if $player_guess ==
A video[edit]
This video references the C programming language and scratch, but the ideas about conditionals are excellent. In the case of conditionals, PHP and C share similar syntax (but not exact).
Standards[edit]
- Define the terms: variable, constant, operator, object.