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else block

subject fact

else block can be omitted if there is nothing to do in the false case    source: Object Oriented Software Engineering by Lethbridge and Laganière, 2001-10-19 11:36:39.0
is a subtopic of Loops and Decision Making
is part of if statement
is a kind of block

block contains several statements surrounded by braces    2001-10-19 11:36:10.0
has example
{
a =5;
b = computeSomething;
}
has layout example style preferred by Sun:
if(condition) {
// statements
}
has layout example style preferred by the authors:
if(condition)
{
// statements
}
has purpose to create a new scope and/or to create a compound statement 2001-10-19 11:36:10.0
is used as the body of classes, loops, conditional statements and for exception handling

syntactic unit has syntax rule
bold = mandatory
italic = non-terminal
normal font = optional
2001-10-19 11:38:04.0

else block	can be omitted if there is nothing to do in the false case
	is a subtopic of Loops and Decision Making
	is part of if statement
	is a kind of block
block	contains several statements surrounded by braces
	has example { a =5; b = computeSomething; }
	has layout example style preferred by Sun: if(condition) { // statements }
	has layout example style preferred by the authors: if(condition) { // statements }
	has purpose to create a new scope and/or to create a compound statement
	is used as the body of classes, loops, conditional statements and for exception handling
syntactic unit	has syntax rule bold = mandatory italic = non-terminal normal font = optional