Assignment 35; Else And If

Code

    // Donovan Rich
    // Period 6
    // Else And If
    // ElseAndIf
    // 10/7/2015
    
    public class ElseAndIf
    {
    	public static void main( String[] args )
    	{
    		int people = 30;
    		int cars = 40;
    		int buses = 15;
    
    		if ( cars > people )
    		{
    			System.out.println( "We should take the cars." );
    		}
    		else if ( cars < people ) // the above statement moves to the else if statement below if its conditions are not met.
                                      // the program then checks to see if the conditions within "else if" are met, and if they are not,
                                      // the program moves to "else" and does whatever is braced by the else statement.
    		{
    			System.out.println( "We should not take the cars." );
    		}
    		else
    		{
    			System.out.println( "We can't decide." );
    		}
    
    
    		if ( buses > cars )
    		{
    			System.out.println( "That's too many buses." );
    		}
    		if ( buses < cars ) // Removing the "else" will cause the program to check this line regardless of whether or not the above if statement's
                                // conditions are met.
    		{
    			System.out.println( "Maybe we could take the buses." );
    		}
    		else
    		{
    			System.out.println( "We still can't decide." );
    		}
    
    
    		if ( people > buses )
    		{
    			System.out.println( "All right, let's just take the buses." );
    		}
    		else
    		{
    			System.out.println( "Fine, let's stay home then." );
    		}
    
    	}
    }
        

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Assignment 35