This document discusses decision statements in programming, including if, else if, and else statements as well as switch statements. It provides the syntax for each statement type and examples of how to use them to write programs that evaluate conditions and execute different code blocks based on the results, such as checking exam scores or converting numbers to words. The last section instructs the reader to write programs using if statements and switch statements to check if a number is even or odd.
This document discusses decision statements in programming, including if, else if, and else statements as well as switch statements. It provides the syntax for each statement type and examples of how to use them to write programs that evaluate conditions and execute different code blocks based on the results, such as checking exam scores or converting numbers to words. The last section instructs the reader to write programs using if statements and switch statements to check if a number is even or odd.
This document discusses decision statements in programming, including if, else if, and else statements as well as switch statements. It provides the syntax for each statement type and examples of how to use them to write programs that evaluate conditions and execute different code blocks based on the results, such as checking exam scores or converting numbers to words. The last section instructs the reader to write programs using if statements and switch statements to check if a number is even or odd.
This document discusses decision statements in programming, including if, else if, and else statements as well as switch statements. It provides the syntax for each statement type and examples of how to use them to write programs that evaluate conditions and execute different code blocks based on the results, such as checking exam scores or converting numbers to words. The last section instructs the reader to write programs using if statements and switch statements to check if a number is even or odd.
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DECISION STATEMENTS
LESSON 9 DECISION STATEMENTS Decision making is critical to computer programming. There will be many situations when you will be given two or more options and you will have to select an option based on the given conditions. For example, we want to print a remark about a student based on his secured marks.(Refer to Page 39 of book). DECISION STATEMENTS Now, the question is how to write a programming code to handle such situations. Almost all the programming languages provide conditional statements that work based on the following flow diagram: Refer to book ( Page 39) DECISION STATEMENTS Let's write a C program with the help of if conditional statements to convert the given situation into a programming code: DECISION STATEMENTS This lecture will discuss the following: various forms of if statements and an introduction to switch statements available in C programming language. DECISION STATEMENTS Different programming languages provide different types of decision-making statements, but the basic concept remains the same. if...else statement if...else statement An if statement can be followed by an optional else statement, which executes when the Boolean expression is false. SYNTAX OF IF…..ELSE STATEMENT The syntax of an if...else statement in C programming language is: SYNTAX OF IF….ELSE STATEMENT if(boolean_expression) { /* Statement(s) will execute if the Boolean expression is true */ } Else { /* Statement(s) will execute if the Boolean expression is false */ } if...else statement if...else statement An if...else statement is useful when we have to take a decision out of two options. For example, if a student secures more marks than 95, then the student is brilliant, otherwise no such situation can be coded, as follows: if...else if...else statement if...else if...else statement An if statement can be followed by an optional else if...else statement, which is very useful to test various conditions. While using if, else if, else statements, there are a few points to keep in mind: if...else if...else statement An if can have zero or one else's and it must come after an else if. An if can have zero to many else…if's and they must come before the else. if...else if...else statement Once an else…if succeeds, none of the remaining else…if's or else's will be tested. The syntax of an if...else if...else statement in C programming language is: if...else if...else statement Now with the help of if...else if...else statement, Recode the very first program The switch statement The switch statement A switch statement is an alternative of if statements which allows a variable to be tested for equality against a list of values. THE SWITCH STATEMENT Each value is called a case, and the variable being switched on is checked for each switch case. It has the following syntax: The switch statement The expression used in a switch statement must give an integer value, which will be compared for equality with different cases given. The switch statement Wherever an expression value matches with a case value, the body of that case will be executed and finally, the switch will be terminated using a break statement. The switch statement If no break statements are provided, then the computer continues executing other statements available below to the matched case. If none of the cases matches, then the default case body is executed. The above syntax can be represented in the form of a flow diagram as shown below: Refer to page 45 The switch statement Now, let's consider another example where we want to write the equivalent English word for a given number. Then, it can be coded as follows: Laboratory Exercise
