Control Structures: :if/:elseif/:else Commentary

General:.
:if     (test){arg[.fl]{code}}
:elseif (test){arg[.fl]{code}}
:else         {arg[.fl]{code}}

Above you see the general form of the :if/ :elseif / :else structure. The italicized portions are optional. :if makes a test to decide if its block should be executed. If the test returns anything non-zero or false, the block is ignored and the next test in the form of an :elseif or :else is tried. The :else block can be used if all tests fail. The :if must be the first control token. If there is an :else it must be the last control token. There can be any number of intervening :elseif tokens. If a test passes, its block is executed and the structure is exited ignoring all other blocks. If all tests fail and there is no catchall :else, the structure exits. The result is from whichever block gets executed. If that blocks ends with a semicolon or if no blocks get executed, the result is NULL.





Simple if/elseif/else: This is a little expert system that tells you what to do when coming onto a traffic light. We use a vector to light states and a :for loop to test all possible cases of our little system.