Good Coding with ElseIF

[James D Jarvis]

It's a matter of legibility more than logic flow. The more nested if...thens the harder it will be to track the if...efseif...thens as the code grows in complexity.

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x = 3: y = 5

'this block is easier to read
If x > 5 Then
    Print "x"; x
Else
    If y > 2 Then
        Print "Y"; y
    Else
        Print "X+Y"; x + y
    End If
End If

'this block isn't as easy to read but will produce the same results as the one above
If x > 5 Then
    Print "x"; x
ElseIf y > 2 Then
    Print "Y"; y
Else    
    Print "X+Y"; x + y
End If