Question

Someone please explain to me in simple terms the function of various conditional statement and how or where they are used... thank you

Answer 1

Are you referring to the conditional ternary operator? I can show you the java version.

Answer 2

I mean things like the if statement...i do not know if we are talking of the same

Answer 3

For simplicity, we will refer to the first line as the if clause. The if clause begins with the
word if, followed by a condition, which is an expression that will be evaluated as either
true or false.

Answer 4

if condition:
statement
statement

// this is for python

Answer 5

it is similar in java as well, i believe...so will the program will keep running if the statement is true?

Answer 6

yes... you can have else if or else statements as well to tell your program what to do if certain condition is not met

Answer 7

if you want the program to end when the condition is false - you can use the ! operator,
```
boolean condition = false;
if(!condition)
System.exit(0);
```
that will end the program if it's false.

for general if else statements --
```
if(boolean variable == true) {
//do these statements
}
else {
//do these statements
}
```

Answer 8

does the 0 inside System.exit(0);
have any significance?