Video: Conditional Statements in C# (Bulgarian)

Topics covered:

• Comparison and Logical Operators
• The if Statement
• The if-else Statement
• Nested if Statements
• The switch-case Statement

Video (in Bulgarian)

Presentation Content

Comparison Operators

Logical Operators

• De Morgan laws
  • !!A -> A
  • !(A || B) -> !A && !B
  • !(A && B) -> !A || !B

The if Statement

• The most simple conditional statement
• Enables you to test for a condition
• Branch to different parts of the code depending on the result

Condition and Statement

• The condition can be:
  • Boolean variable
  • Boolean logical expression
  • Comparison expression
• The condition cannot be integer variable (like in C / C++ or JavaScript)
• The statement can be:
  • Single statement ending with a semicolon
  • Block enclosed in braces

How It Works?

• The condition is evaluated
  • If it is true, the statement is executed
  • If it is false, the statement is skipped

The if-else Statement

• More complex and useful conditional statement
• Executes one branch if the condition is true, and another if it is false
  • If it is true, the first statement is executed
  • If it is false, the second statement is executed

Nested if – Good Practices

• Always use { … } blocks to avoid ambiguity
  • Even when a single statement follows
• Avoid using more than three levels of nested if statements
• Put the case you normally expect to process first, then write the unusual cases
• Arrange the code to make it more readable

Multiple if-else-if-else-…

• Sometimes we need to use another if -construction in the else block
  • Thus else if can be used

How switch-case Works?

• The expression is evaluated
• When one of the constants specified in a case label is equal to the expression
  • The statement that corresponds to that case is executed
• If no case is equal to the expression
  • If there is default case, it is executed
  • Otherwise the control is transferred to the end point of the switch statement

Using switch: Rules

• Variables types like string , enum and integral types can be used for switch expression
• The value null is permitted as a case label constant
• The keyword break exits the switch statement
• “No fall through” rule – you are obligated to use break after each case
• Multiple labels that correspond to the same statement are permitted

Using switch – Good Practices

• There must be a separate case for every normal situation
• Put the normal case first
  • Put the most frequently executed cases first and the least frequently executed last
• Order cases alphabetically or numerically
• In default use case that cannot be reached under normal circumstances

Summary

• Comparison and logical operators are used to compose logical conditions
• The conditional statements if and if-else provide conditional execution of blocks of code
  • Constantly used in computer programming
  • Conditional statements can be nested
• The switch statement easily and elegantly checks an expression for a sequence of values