C++ How to Program, 10/e

4.5 if Single-Selection Statement

We introduced the if single-selection statement briefly in Section 2.7. Programs use selection statements to choose among alternative courses of action. For example, suppose that the passing grade on an exam is 60. The pseudocode statement

If student’s grade is greater than or equal to 60
      Print “Passed”

represents an if statement that determines whether the condition “student’s grade is greater than or equal to 60” is true. If so, “Passed” is printed, and the next pseudocode statement in order is “performed.” (Remember, pseudocode is not a real programming language.) If the condition is false, the Print statement is ignored, and the next pseudocode statement in order is performed. The indentation of the second ...