Question

what’s the difference between the below two, are they both one and the same?

     if(condition){
            //code
      }else{
         if(condition){
            //code
         }
     }





    if(condition){
         //code
     }else if(condition){
        //code
     }

Answer 1

The most important difference is that the first one looks like this:

if(condition){
       //code
} else {
    if(condition) {
       //code
    }
}

and the second one looks like this:

if (condition) {
     //code
} else if (condition) {
    //code
}

Since they are syntactically equivalent, clarity and appearance are the most important issues when deciding which to use. If you keep looking at each one in turn a few times, you’ll see why the second is preferred in almost any language where both are equally usable. 😀