meet it

adds more paths to the fork.

Some questions have more than two answers. What should you wear? It depends how cold it is. else if adds another condition to check when the ones above it were false.

Go checks from the top down and stops at the first condition that is true. Only that block runs. Stack as many else if parts as you like, then add an else to catch the rest.

Every gives true or false. < means less than, > more than, <= less than or equal to, >= more than or equal to, and != not equal to.

package main
import "fmt"
func main() {
	temperature := 12
	if temperature < 5 {
		fmt.Println("Wear a big coat.")
	} else if temperature < 15 {
		fmt.Println("A jumper will do.")
	} else {
		fmt.Println("T-shirt weather!")
	}
}

In <= and >= the = always comes second, never first.

guess first

Big slide or small slide? Guess first.

Guess before you run it. Wrong guesses are how you learn, and nothing is marked.

package main
import "fmt"
func main() {
	height := 120
	if height > 120 {
		fmt.Println("Hop on the big slide!")
	} else if height >= 100 {
		fmt.Println("Try the small slide.")
	}
}

your turn

Your turn. How many sweets have you got?

Choose a number of sweets and a comparison sign, like < or >=, so the else if message shows.

Your code

output

press run to see what happens

fix it

The top score gets no gold star. Fix the order.

Broken code to fix

output

press run to see what happens

Go checks from the top and stops at the first true. Which check is true first for 95?
95 is at least 50, so the gold star never gets a chance. The bigger check needs to come first.
Swap them: check score >= 90 first with its gold star, then score >= 50 with its pass message.

nailed it

your code can pick from many paths. :D

else if checks a new condition when the ones above were false.
Go stops at the first condition that is true.
<, >, <=, >=, == and != all give true or false.

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else if
comparison

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else if adds more paths to the fork.

Big slide or small slide? Guess first.

Your turn. How many sweets have you got?

The top score gets no gold star. Fix the order.

your code can pick from many paths. :D

adds more paths to the fork.