if ([expression]) { [statement] } var a = 10; if (a > 3) { console.log(‘it is true’) } // Bad style, always use braces if (a > 5) console.log(‘it is true’); var user = false; if (user) { console.log(‘hello dear user’); } else { console.log(‘please signIn’); }
var i = 1, j = 1, k = 2; // developer doesn't use braces if (i == j) if (j == k) alert("i is the same as k"); else alert("i isn't the same as j"); // as a result, code works wrong if (i == j) { if (j == k) { alert("i is the same as k"); } else { alert("i isn't the same as j"); // OOPS! } }
var i = 1, j = 5, result; // bad approach, try to avoid it if (i != j) { result = true; } else { result = false; } // the same, but easier result = i != j;
var salary = 90000, reaction = ''; // To define reaction we can use simple if statement if (salary > 50000) { reaction = 'Not bad!'; } else { reaction = 'WTF?!!'; } // But I'd rather use this one reaction = a > 50000 ? 'Not bad!' : 'WTF?!!';
if(city === "Lviv"){ console.log("Hi Lviv") } else if (city === "Kiev"){ console.log("Hi Kiev") } else if(city === "Ternopil") { console.log("Hi Ternopil") } else { console.log("Hi Unknown city") }
switch (city) { case "Lviv" : console.log("Hi Lviv"); break; case "Kiev" : console.log("Hi Kiev"); break; case "Ternopil" : console.log("Hi Ternopil"); break; default: console.log("Hi Unknown city"); break; }
var i = 0; while (i < 10) { console.log(i); i++; } console.log(i);
var i = 0; do { console.log(i); i++; } while (i < 10) do { var userName = prompt("Who are you?"); } while (!userName); console.log(userName);
for ([initialization]; [test]; [increment]){ [statement] } // the most common use for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++) { console.log(i); } console.log(i); //10 for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) { console.log(i); } console.log(i); //error
// we can move initialization var i = 0; for (; i < 10; i++) { console.log(i); } // we can move increment for (; --i;) { console.log(i); } // finally we can remove everything for (;;) { if (i == 0) { console.log(i); break; } }
for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++) { console.log(i); if(i % 2 == 0) { continue; } console.log(i); if(i == 9) { break; } } console.log(i); //9