@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 …

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 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 need to write some code in a windows batch file. The interested part of this script should create a folder if this folder doesn't exist yet, but, if this folder already exists, it should NOT ove...

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 …

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

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?

if and #if are different things with different purposes. If you use the if statement, the condition is evaluated at runtime, and the code for both branches exists within the compiled program. The …

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 …