If…Else statement

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Types of If statement

If statement in Fortran is used for decesion making. Depending upon conditions we can use any of the following IF statements in our FORTRAN program :

1) Arithmetic IF statement

If in a program the condition is given as positive, negative or zero, then the arithmetic IF statement is used to control the statement.

The general form of arithmetic IF statement is:

IF ( CONDITION ) n1, n2, n3

where: CONDITION is an arithmetic expression like integer, real, or double precision expression and n1, n2 and n3 are three statement numbers. If the arithmetic expression is negative, control is transfer to statement n1, if it is zero then to n2 and if it is positive then to the statement n3.

Example:

C PROGRAM OF ARITHMETIC IF

C PROGRAM FOR POSITIVE ZERO AND NEGATIVE

If (b**2-4*a*c) 10,20,30

10 print*, ‘Roots are complex’

Go To 40

20 print *, ‘single real root’

30 print *, ‘two real roots’

40 continue

In this type of structure the program branches to statement label 10 if the arithmetic expression in parenthesis evaluates to less than zero, or to 20 if it evaluates to be equal to zero or would branch to 30 if it evaluates to greater than zero.

2) Logical IF statement

Logical IF Statement is used in a program when the condition is given as true or false. It can be easily understood by this example: If A is greater than B, is true then P=Q-5.5. Otherwise X=Y+5.

The general form of a logical IF statement is:

IF (CONDITION) THEN

Statment1

Statment2

…………………..

ELSE

Statment3

Statment4

………………

ENDIF

where CONDITION is a logical expression and Statment1,Statment2……, and statment3, Statment4….are Fortran executable statements. THEN must be in first line.

Note: ELSE and ENDIF are defined below:

Program:

From the above example readers can easily understand the use of logical IF statements. Note: THEN must be in first line and ELSE must have a separate line.

Output:

3) Block IF statement

The block IF statement is the statement which is used with the END IF statement or with the ELSE IF and ELSE statements to control the execution sequence.

The general form of a block IF statement is:

IF (CONDITION) THEN

where CONDITION is a logical expression.

Example:

IF(A .LT. B) THEN

P= Q-5.5

END IF

This example tells that if A is less than B then the value of P=Q+5.5.
THEN must be in first line.

Program:

Output:

Program:

Output:

4) ELSE IF statement

If there are more than one alternative we can use ELSE IF statement with IF statement. ELSE IF statement is only used with If statement. It may be clear by the given example below the general form.

The general form of an ELSE IF statement is:

ELSE IF (CONDITION) THEN

where CONDITION is a logical expression.

Example:

IF( A .GT. B ) THEN

P= Q+2.5

ELSE IF( B .GT. A )THEN

P=Q+2.5

Program:

Output:

5) ELSE statement

It is Non-executable statement which provides only the information to the compiler for storage allocation.

The general form of an ELSE statement is:

ELSE

Example:

IF ( A .LT. B ) THEN

P= Q – 5.5

R= S – T

ELSE

P=Q + 5.5

R=S + T

END IF

Here first END IF is for first IF statement and second END IF is for second IF statement.

Program:

Output:

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