a IF statement consists of the word "if" then an expression (ex. (a <2)) then an open bracket ({), code, then a closing bracket (}). Like this:

if (b < 5)

{ std:cout << "b is less than 5"}

Now if b is > 5,  "b is less than 5" is not displayed. it is skipped over and the code keeps going. But usually if b is > 5, you still want it to do something. In that case, you would do this:

if (b < 5)

{ std:cout << "b is less than 5"}

else

{ std:cout << "b is greater than 5"}

So now if b is greater than five, it will display "b is greater than 5". What this code says is that if b is less than 5, display "b is less than 5". Anything else, display "b is greater than 5".

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