Programming basics: manage program flow part two

Welcome reader,

We’ll pick up where we left with how to manage the program flow of a software application. We saw how to use the if-else if-else structure. To evaluate a condition, we need comparaison operators. Those are use evaluate a boolean expression, which will either result a true or false. Below, you’ll be able to find them.

Operator

Description

==

Equality

!=

Inequality

>

Greater than

<

Less than

>=

Greater or equal

<=

Less or equal

&&

Called Logical AND operator. If both the operands are true, then condition becomes true.

||

Called the logical OR operator. If any the operands is true, then the condition become true.

!

Called the logical NOT operator. It uses the reverse logical state of a an operand. Which means that if an operand was initially at true, the NOT operator makes it false during the evaluation

Thanks to these operators,  there is a lot that can be achieved to evaluation an expression. We’ll use them in samples to try to understand how they work. You can use more than just one to evaluate a given condition in your program flow.

Here, we can see how to evaluate operand(values on each side of the operator) with the greater than and less than.
float bankAccount=2500;
if(bankAccount>3000){
  Console.WriteLine("You have quite a big account");
}else if(bankAccount2000){
Console.WriteLine("You have more than 1000 $ and less than 2000 $ in your account");
}else{
    Console.WriteLine("We can't evaluate the value in your account, here's how much you have now : {0} $",bankAccount);
}
This sample will show how to use the NOT opeator.
bool aBoolValue=true;
if(!aBoolValue){
    Console.WriteLine("That's not right ! Is it ?"); //You should see this as false
}
if(aBoolValue){
  Console.WriteLine("That is true! If you have guess that the ouput, good job!");
}
Finally, we’re going to see how to use the equality operator. Beware, because this is a general known issue for beginners; the “=” is use to assign values and the “==” is used to evaluate is two values are equals. Because if you use the “=” operator, it will be a true expression. Why? Because you are assigning a value to a variable; doing so you’re asking the computer, for example, is it true that this variable as the value of 8?
int ageOfPerson=18;
if(ageOfPerson == 18)</div>
{
   Console.WriteLine("You are consider as an adult in Canada");
}
//next example is a bad example. Please be sure not to reproduce code likethis one
if(ageOfPerson=21)
{
    Console.WriteLine("You can vote in any country that you want, or I think ?");
}
We will learn how to use switches and the ternary operator in the last part of how to manage the program flow.
Kevin
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