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Effect
Checks if a condition has been met and executes the instruction(s) specified after THEN. Optionally, if the condition has not been met the instruction(s) after ELSE will be run.
Note: If you use the Exprif BASIC extension, no need to use this instruction!
Syntaxes
- IF <ConditionExpression> THEN <LineNumber> ELSE <LineNumber>
- IF <ConditionExpression> THEN <LineNumber> ELSE <BASICinstruction>:<BASICinstruction>:...
- IF <ConditionExpression> THEN <BASICinstruction>:<BASICinstruction>:... ELSE <LineNumber>
- IF <ConditionExpression> THEN <BASICinstruction>:<BASICinstruction>:... ELSE <BASICinstruction>:<BASICinstruction>:...
Parameters
<ConditionExpression> is an expression false (whose result is zero) or true (whose result is non-zero). For example, the expression A>5 is equal to 0 if A is less than 6 otherwise the result is -1.
<LineNumber> is a line number of the program in memory.
<BASICinstruction> can be any MSX-BASIC instruction. When there are several BASIC instructions, they must be separated by the character colon.
ELSE can be omitted when it is not followed by one or more BASIC instructions or a program line number, that will be executed when the condition is false.
Example
10 INPUT "What is your age";A 20 IF A < 18 THEN PRINT "You are way too young to be playing Starship Rendezvous":END ELSE PRINT "Good for you!" RUN
What is you age? Good for you!
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Compatibility
MSX-BASIC 1.0 or higher