Chains of Conditional Statements II

HiLo2.java

if (guess == secretNumber) { System.out.println("Congratulations!"); } else if (guess < secretNumber) { System.out.println("Too small!"); } else { // guess > secretNumber System.out.println("Too large!"); }

This chain is equivalent to following nested conditional statements:

if (guess == secretNumber) { System.out.println("Congratulations!"); } else { if (guess < secretNumber) { System.out.println("Too small!"); } else { // guess > secretNumber System.out.println("Too large!"); } }

The first form, however, is preferred as it is more readable and avoids deep indentations in case of longer chains.