double if else statements

Question

Does anyone know of any good resources for understanding the bracket syntax for using multiple if else statements? After refactoring my code It's a big mess and I've spent a couple hours trying to get it working again.

Jonathan Grieve · Accepted Answer

If I understand you correctly you're having a bit of confusion with syntax for an if() statement that happens to have multiple condition blocks.  I hope the following is helpful to you in that case.
An if statement can have 3 sections to it.
You have the if statement that contains the original condition or test that a code block has to meet.
```javascript
if( condition) {
}
```
And in order to provide the code that occurs when the condition is not met you introduce the elsekeyword.
```javascript
if( condition) {
} else {
// default condition if not true.
}
```
Now to test multiple conditions you add more using else if() blocks, which as you've probably seen adds more things for JavaScript to check by passing in more tests in the same way as if().
```javascript
if( condition) {
    //original condition
} else if ( second_condition) {
// default condition if not true.
}
```
You can have as many else if blocks as you want but you will still need the final else block which is where you will put the code to perform the action you do when none of the other conditions evaluate to true.
```javascript
if( condition) {
// original condition 
} else if ( second_condition) {
// default condition if not true.
} else {
    // default condition
}
```
I hope this has helped you understand what it means to use multiple if else blocks in your condition statements. :-)

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double if else statements

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