theFez

its a better way to go for sure. the problem with the sequence of
if statements is that each and every if has to be evaluated, then the variable is assigned, and the next if is evaluated. if the evaluation fails, the variable is not set, but even if it succeeds the next if statement is evaluated.

with an if/else with two conditions in the if statement (ie
if(grade <= 100 && grade >= 90){
return 'A';
}
elseif(grade < 90 && grade >= 80){
return 'B';
}


with most compilers and interpreters the if will stop the evaluation on the first fail. It knows that if the first condition fails, an AND is impossible so it kicks out. In a sequence of if/else statements, once one matches, it kicks out of the sequence.

a compiler does a good job of optimizing code if you let it.

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