Branching Statements

the if statement

The first type of branching statement we will look at is the if statement. An if statement has the form:

if (condition)
{
   // code to execute if condition is true
}
else 
{
   // code to execute if condition is false
}

In an if statement, condition is a value or an expression that is used to determine which code block is executed, and the curly braces act as "begin" and "end" markers.