Really newbie question about if

can you have more than 1 if else statement in an if statement
ie.

if(x>=64)
{
cout << "you are dead.";

else if(x<=11)
cout << "you are young.";

else if(x<19 && x>=12)
cout << "you are a teen.";

else if(x<=63 && x>=20)
cout << "you are an adult.";
}

>can you have more than 1 if else statement in an if statement
Yes.

Code:

if(x>=64)
{
cout << "you are dead.";

else if(x<=11)
cout << "you are young.";

else if(x<19 && x>=12)
cout << "you are a teen.";

else if(x<=63 && x>=20)
cout << "you are an adult.";
}

No. This is an illegal construct because every else must have a matching if. Because you placed the else statements inside the first if, it will not work. This will though:

Code:

if(x>=64)
  cout << "you are dead.";
else if(x<=11)
  cout << "you are young.";
else if(x<19 && x>=12)
  cout << "you are a teen.";
else if(x<=63 && x>=20)
  cout << "you are an adult.";

-Prelude

thanks that really helped