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 …

Apr 13, 2017 · I am trying to discern the difference between: if else and else if How do you use these? And when do you use them and when not?

@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 …

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 …

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 …

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

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 …

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?

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 …

Using Sql Server 2012. I have a stored procedure and part of it checks if a username is in a table. If it is, return a 1, if not, return a 2. This is my code: IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM tblGLUserA...