DAY 041: ELSEIF

[SMcNeill]

One thing of note here:  ELSEIF is not the same as ELSE IF.  Some folks think they're the same thing, just formatted slightly different for readability.  They're not!

ELSEIF is a continuation of an existing IF statement, offering a different option to the previous choices.  ELSE IF is a completely new and unrelated IF statement, with no regard to the first beyond the fact that it occurs IF they previous conditions don't occur.

A segment of code will probably highlight the difference between the two better than I could explain:

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If a Then
    Print a
ElseIf b Then
    Print b
ElseIf c Then
    Print c
Else
    Print d
End If

If a Then
    Print a
Else If b Then
        Print b
    Else If c Then
            Print c
        Else
            Print d
        End If
    End If
End If

Notice the number of END IFs needed in both versions.  They're definitely not the same command!