Thread: Whats better lots of stand alone if statements or if else statments?

I am writing a program in where one function requires 4 if statements, is it better to write this like this

Code:

if(statement)
   code ... 

if(statement)
    code ...

or is it better to do

Code:

if(statement)
    code ....
else if(statement)
    code ....

Originally Posted by africavoid

I am writing a program in where one function requires 4 if statements, is it better to write this like this

Code:

if(statement)
   code ... 

if(statement)
    code ...

or is it better to do

Code:

if(statement)
    code ....
else if(statement)
    code ....

It depends on the actual code.

If the statement in the if() statements are related and is one of several choices, then the first might be the better choice. If the statements are not related than the second is probably better.

Again, we would need to see actual code to better advise.