* The if else statement: LPC's if statement is identical to that provided by C. Syntax is as follows: if (expression) statement; Alternately: if (expression) { statements; } Alternately: if (expression0) { statements; } else { statements1; } Alternately: if (expression0) { statements0; } else if (expression1) { statements1; } The number of else clauses is not explicitly limited. - - - - - Another favorite programming construct is the ? : operator, which also operates identical to C. The syntax is: expression0 ? expression1_if_true : expression2_if_false In some cases, ? : is an shorter way of expression constructs such as: if (expression0) var = expression1; else var = expression2; which can be equivalently translated to: var = expression0 ? expression1 : expression;