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nested if-else statement
subject			fact

nested if-else statement	has example if (length < 10) { System.out.println("Small"); } else { if (length < 20){ System.out.println("Medium"); } else { System.out.println("Large"); } }
	is a subtopic of Loops and Decision Making
	is a kind of if-else statement
	may contain an if statement or an if-else statement as its embedded statements
if-else statement	can omit braces if there is only one embedded statement
	has part else block
	has syntax if (boolean expression) { if-true statement else if-false statement }
decision making statement	has purpose to make a decision on which branch of code to follow in a program
statement	is terminated by a semicolon
	should be not more than one line long if possible
syntactic unit	has syntax rule bold = mandatory italic = non-terminal normal font = optional