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Java Java Basics Perfecting the Prototype Censoring Words - Using String Equality

Alexander Oaktree
Alexander Oaktree
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Posted by Alexander Oaktree
Alexander Oaktree
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Why does he open another code block?

Why do I need to open another code block after the new if statement? What would happen if I simply added the if statement without opening a new code block?

2 Answers

James Simshaw
James Simshaw
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In Java, if you write the code

If (condition)

statement1;

statement2;

statement3;

would execute statement1 if the condition is true, but would execute statement2 and statement3 under all circumstances because if there aren't braces around the code block, Java will just assume that the following statement is associated with the if statement and everything else afterwards is not.

Rob Bridges
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Rob Bridges
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Rob Bridges
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Rob Bridges
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Hello!

It would unfortunately would create a syntax error, if blocks and most logical blocks begin with 

if(condition) {
//do stuff;
}

This was planned out when they created java as a language, so without following the syntax it would probably give you a "is not a statment { is expected" or an error similar to that.