Eng:If () Then, Else (block)

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If () Then, Else
Category	Control
Type	C

The If () Then, Else block is a Control block and a C block. The block will check its boolean condition: if the condition is true, the code held inside the first C (space) will activate, and then the script will continue; if the condition is false, the code inside the second C will activate (unlike the If () Then block).

In Scratch 1.4, this block was named If (), Else.

Example Uses

In programming, a very important part is "checking conditions"; this is done with the If () block. However, an important part of the "checking conditions" is having another piece of code that runs if the condition is false. While this may be worked around, the If (), Else block makes this simpler. Some common uses:

• Do "this" (the code inside the first C) or "that" (the code inside the second C)

repeat until <touching [edge v]?>
if <(loudness) > [30]> then
say [No loud noises.] for (2) secs
else
move (10) steps
end
end

• If a sprite's health is below a certain amount, it dies, otherwise it does something else

when gf clicked
forever
if <(health) = [0]> then
play sound [Failure v]
stop [all v]
else
broadcast [attack v]
end

• Easy script changes

— if a variable equals a certain value, one thing happens, and if the variable does not equal the value, a different thing happens

if <(answer) = [5]> then
say [Correct!] for (2) secs
else
play sound [task fail v] until done
stop [all v]
end

• Scripts that are adaptable to changes in conditions (such as a changing variable)

if <touching color [#7092be]?> then
 say [We found water!]
else
 say [ ]
end

Workaround

Main article: List of Block Workarounds

This block can be replicated with the following code:

set [action v] to (0)
if <condition> then
 set [action v] to (1)
 . . . //condition=true
end
if <(action) = (0)> then
 . . . //condition=false
end

or

when I receive [if-statement v]
if <condition> then
. . . // condition=true
broadcast [continue v]
stop [this script v]
end
. . . // condition=false
broadcast [continue v]

when I receive [continue v]
. . .

or

if <condition> then
. . . //condition=true
end
if <not <condition>> then
. . . //condition=false
end

Note that this last workaround only works if the condition will not be negated in the middle of the first If () block.

Suggestions

Scratchers have suggested a block that reports the first input if true, otherwise if false, reports the second input.

(if <> then [] else []) // category=operators

It would be in the Operators category.

See Also

• If () Then