The statement if (copy >= 5)
is a control flow statement in Java that is used to execute a block of code only if a certain condition is true.
The syntax for an if
statement in Java is as follows:
if (condition) { // code to execute if the condition is true }
In this example, the condition is copy >= 5
, which means that the code inside the curly braces will be executed only if the value of the copy
variable is greater than or equal to 5.
For example, if the value of the copy
variable is 7, the code inside the curly braces will be executed. On the other hand, if the value of the copy
variable is 4, the code will not be executed.
You can also use an if-else
statement to execute a block of code if the condition is true, and a different block of code if the condition is false. The syntax for an if-else
statement in Java is as follows:
if (condition) { // code to execute if the condition is true } else { // code to execute if the condition is false }
For example, you could use an if-else
statement to print a message depending on whether the value of the copy
variable is greater than or equal to 5:
if (copy >= 5) { System.out.println("The value of copy is greater than or equal to 5."); } else { System.out.println("The value of copy is less than 5."); }
In this example, if the value of the copy
variable is 7, the message "The value of copy is greater than or equal to 5." will be printed. If the value of the copy
variable is 4, the message "The value of copy is less than 5." will be printed.