Conditional Statement

Definition

A conditional statement is a programming construct that allows the execution of certain code blocks based on whether a specific condition is true or false.

Related terms

If Statement: An if statement is a type of conditional statement that executes a code block only if a specified condition is true.

Condition:

A condition is an expression that evaluates to either true or false and determines whether the code block associated with a conditional statement will be executed.

Else Statement: An else statement is used in conjunction with an if statement and provides an alternative code block to execute when the condition in the if statement evaluates to false.