But if the chain of the related If's occur inside of a function and each would execute a [return] statement, then the net effect of multiple if's matches using else if. However, it'd still be better practice to use …

@xbonez: Never underestimate compilers... I wouldn't be surprised if both pieces of code ended up with the same assembly (in C, where == cannot be overloaded) as the compiler could infer that only one …

Java has 5 different boolean compare operators: &, &&, |, ||, ^ & and && are "and" operators, | and || "or" operators, ^ is "xor" The single ones will check every parameter, regardless of the values, before …

I understand the usual way to write an "if - else if" statement is as follow:

Apr 1, 2014 · If I have a function with multiple conditional statements where every branch gets executed returns from the function. Should I use multiple if statements, or if/elif/else? For example, say I have a

Jan 7, 2009 · If you are trying to close a question where someone should be using this idiom and isn't, consider closing as a duplicate of Why is Python running my module when I import it, and how do I …

In Solution properties, I have Configuration set to "release" for my one and only project. At the beginning of the main routine, I have this code, and it is showing "Mode=Debug". I also have the...

Since this is still getting upvotes, I may as well mention my love/hate relationship with this method. Normally, if you have an IF statement within a loop, you can use break within the IF block to break …

Every command that runs has an exit status. That check is looking at the exit status of the command that finished most recently before that line runs. If you want your script to exit when that test returns …

Apr 18, 2012 · There are two switches for the if condition which check for a file: -e and -f. What is the difference between those two?