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Asked: 2026-05-15T13:15:34+00:00

a > b ifTrue:[ ‘greater’ ] ifFalse:[ ‘less or equal’ ] My understanding is

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a > b
ifTrue:[ 'greater' ]
ifFalse:[ 'less or equal' ]

My understanding is that Boolean a > b receives the message ifTrue:[ ‘greater’ ], and then ifFalse:[ ‘less or equal’ ] complying to the generalization:

objectInstance selector; selector2

But there a semicolon is needed to specify that the receiver of selector2 is not (objectInstance selector) but objectInstance. Is not the same with the above conditional execution?

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  1. Editorial Team

    The selector of the method is Boolean>>ifTrue:ifFalse:, which means it is one method with two parameters, not two methods with one parameter.

    Ergo, to invoke the method, you send it the message ifTrue:ifFalse: with two block arguments.

    Note that for convenience reasons, there are also methods Boolean>>ifFalse:ifTrue:, Boolean>>ifTrue: and Boolean>>ifFalse:.

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