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alternative-if-statement

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alternative-if-statement railroad diagramRead left to right. Branches are alternatives, bypasses are optional, and loops repeat. Select a production to explore it. The EBNF and linked references follow below."if""("Explore production: expressionexpression")"":"Explore production: inner-statement-listinner-statement-listExplore production: closed-inner-statement-listclosed-inner-statement-listExplore production: alt-elseif-listalt-elseif-listExplore production: alt-else-clausealt-else-clause"endif"";"
Production LiteralBranch: choiceBypass: optionalLoop: repeat
EBNF source
alternative-if-statement =
    "if" , "(" , expression , ")" , ":" ,
    ( inner-statement-list
    | [ closed-inner-statement-list ] , ( alt-elseif-list | alt-else-clause ) ) , "endif" , ";" ;

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