8. Flow of Control Part I: Branching Statements and Related Concepts

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Chapter 8. FLOW OF CONTROL PART I: BRANCHING STATEMENTS AND RELATED CONCEPTS

You will learn about the following in this chapter:

• The main structures used to control the order in which the statements of a program are executed

• The if-else statement

• The comparison operators and how they allow programs to make meaningful decisions when combined with control structures like the if-else statement

• How the nested and multibranch if-else statements can help you solve important computational problems

• The logical operators and how they allow you to implement more powerful yet simpler programs

• The infamous goto statement, why it should be avoided in most situations, and the few cases where it can be useful in C#

• The switch statement

• The scope and lifetime concepts and their implications

• The conditional operator

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