Lesson 3

TextBook

Programmer's Vocabulary
Conditional statement.	A line of code that makes a decision.
Equality operator.	Checks to see if two peices of data are the same (equal).
Relational Operator	Check to see if a relationship between two peices of data is true.
FB Vocabulary
If - Then	Runs code if a condition is true.
=	An equality operator when used in an If statement.
<	Less than. (relational operator)
>	Greater than. (relational operator)
<=	Less than or equal to (relational operator)
>=	Greater than or equal to (relational operator)

Code Examples

Example 1

Dim pName As String
pName = "Bob"

If pName = "Bob" Then Print "You are Bob."
Print
Print "(press any key)"
Sleep
End

Example 2

Dim secretCode as Integer

Input "What is the secret code" ; secretCode
If secretCode = 12345 Then Print "Yes, that is the secret code. I have to kill you now."
Print
Print "(press any key)"
Sleep
End

Example 3

Dim gold As Integer
Dim torchPrice As Integer
gold = 50
torchPrice = 25

If gold < torchPrice Then Print "I'm sorry, you do not have enough gold to buy the torch."
If gold > torchPrice Then Print "You do have enough money to buy the torch. Happy dungeoneering!"
Print
Print "(press any key)"
Sleep
End

Example 4

' need example for less than or equal to and greater than or equal to

Explanation

1. A conditional statement checks a condition and then runs code based on whether or not a condition is true or not. The most common conditions tested are :

• a = b : is a equal to b?
• a < b : is a less than b?
• a > b : is a greater than b?
• a <= b : is a less than or equal to b?
• a >= b : is a greater than or equal to b?

Here is the structure of a simple If statement :

• If (condition) Then (code)

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