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A tool most commonly used together with an if statement is the else statement.

An else statement is used to execute a block of code when the condition of an if statement is false. Think of the else to be synonymous with the word, otherwise. Do this if a condition is true, otherwise, do something else:

if condition {
   this code will run if condition is true
} else {
   this code will run if condition is false 
}

Two rules to remember:

  • An else statement must be used in conjunction with an if statement and cannot stand on its own.
  • An else statement does not accept a condition and is immediately followed by a code block.

In the previous exercise, we created an if statement that prints a friendly message to logged in users. Let’s use an else statement to complete this logic and print a message to users who are not logged in:

var isLoggedIn = false if isLoggedIn { print("Welcome back!") } else { print("Access Denied.") } // Prints: Access Denied.

Since the value of isLoggedIn is false, our condition is therefore, false, and the code block following the else will execute.

Instructions

1.

In Glasses.swift, we’ll create an if/else that prints an emoji representing you!

First, declare a variable, wearGlasses. Assign it a Boolean value true or false depending on if you wear glasses.

2.

Below wearGlasses, create an if/else statement that:

  • prints, β€œI wear glasses” if true
  • prints, β€œI don’t wear glasses” otherwise

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