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    The document discusses JavaScript variables, if/else statements, and switch statements. It defines variables, shows how to assign values to variables, and describes variable scope and lifetime. It also provides examples of if/else and if/else if/else statements. Finally, it demonstrates how to use switch statements to select code blocks to execute based on different cases.

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    JSVariables,If...

    Else,Switch
    Note:manyofthecontentsofthispagearetakenfromw3schoolwebsite.

    Variables
    Variablesareusedtostoredata.Example:
    <scripttype="text/javascript">
    varname="Hege"
    document.write(name)
    document.write("<h1>"+name+"</h1>")
    </script>

    Avariableisa"container"forinformationyouwanttostore.Avariable'svaluecanchangeduringthe
    script.Youcanrefertoavariablebynametoseeitsvalueortochangeitsvalue.

    Rulesforvariablenames:

    Variablenamesarecasesensitive
    Theymustbeginwithaletterortheunderscorecharacter

    DeclareaVariable

    Youcancreateavariablewiththevarstatement:
    varstrname=somevalue

    Youcanalsocreateavariablewithoutthevarstatement:
    strname=somevalue

    AssignaValuetoaVariable

    Youcanassignavaluetoavariablelikethis:
    varstrname="Hege"

    Orlikethis:
    strname="Hege"

    Thevariablenameisontheleftsideoftheexpressionandthevalueyouwanttoassigntothevariableis
    ontheright.Nowthevariable"strname"hasthevalue"Hege".

    LifetimeofVariables

    Whenyoudeclareavariablewithinafunction,thevariablecanonlybeaccessedwithinthatfunction.
    Whenyouexitthefunction,thevariableisdestroyed.Thesevariablesarecalledlocalvariables.Youcan
    havelocalvariableswiththesamenameindifferentfunctions,becauseeachisrecognizedonlybythe
    functioninwhichitisdeclared.

    Ifyoudeclareavariableoutsideafunction,allthefunctionsonyourpagecanaccessit.Thelifetimeof
    thesevariablesstartswhentheyaredeclared,andendswhenthepageisclosed.

    If...Else
    Thefollowingisanexampleofusingifstatement:
    <scripttype="text/javascript">
    vard=newDate()
    vartime=d.getHours()
    if(time<10)
    {
    document.write("<strong>Goodmorning</strong>")
    }
    </script>

    ConditionalStatements
    Veryoftenwhenyouwritecode,youwanttoperformdifferentactionsfordifferentdecisions.Youcan
    useconditionalstatementsinyourcodetodothis.

    InJavaScriptwehavethefollowingconditionalstatements:

    ifstatementusethisstatementifyouwanttoexecutesomecodeonlyifaspecifiedconditionis
    true
    if...elsestatementusethisstatementifyouwanttoexecutesomecodeiftheconditionistrueand
    anothercodeiftheconditionisfalse
    if...elseif....elsestatementusethisstatementifyouwanttoselectoneofmanyblocksofcodeto
    beexecuted
    switchstatementusethisstatementifyouwanttoselectoneofmanyblocksofcodetobe
    executed

    IfStatement

    Youshouldusetheifstatementifyouwanttoexecutesomecodeonlyifaspecifiedconditionistrue.

    Syntax:
    if(condition)
    {
    codetobeexecutedifconditionistrue
    }

    Notethatifiswritteninlowercaseletters.Usinguppercaseletters(IF)willgenerateaJavaScripterror!
    <scripttype="text/javascript">
    //Write"Lunchtime!"ifthetimeis11
    vard=newDate()
    vartime=d.getHours()
    if(time==11)
    {document.write("<em>Lunchtime!</em>")}
    </script>

    Note:Whencomparingvariablesyoumustalwaysusetwoequalssignsnexttoeachother(==)!

    If...elseStatement
    Ifyouwanttoexecutesomecodeifaconditionistrueandanothercodeiftheconditionisnottrue,use
    theif....elsestatement.

    Syntax:
    if(condition)
    {
    codetobeexecutedifconditionistrue
    }
    else
    {
    codetobeexecutedifconditionisnottrue
    }

    Example
    <scripttype="text/javascript">
    //Ifthetimeislessthan10,
    //youwillgeta"Goodmorning"greeting.
    //Otherwiseyouwillgeta"Goodday"greeting.
    vard=newDate()
    vartime=d.getHours()
    if(time<10)
    {
    document.write("Goodmorning!")
    }
    else
    {
    document.write("Goodday!")
    }
    </script>

    If...elseif...elseStatement

    Youshouldusetheif....elseif...elsestatementifyouwanttoselectoneofmanysetsoflinestoexecute.

    Syntax:
    if(condition1)
    {
    codetobeexecutedifcondition1istrue
    }
    elseif(condition2)
    {
    codetobeexecutedifcondition2istrue
    }
    else
    {
    codetobeexecutedifcondition1and
    condition2arenottrue
    }

    Example
    <scripttype="text/javascript">
    vard=newDate()
    vartime=d.getHours()
    if(time<10)
    {
    document.write("<b>Goodmorning</b>")
    }
    elseif(time>10&&time<16)
    {
    document.write("<b>Goodday</b>")
    }
    else
    {
    document.write("<b>HelloWorld!</b>")
    }
    </script>

    Switch
    Youshouldusetheswitchstatementifyouwanttoselectoneofmanyblocksofcodetobeexecuted.

    Syntax:
    switch(n)
    {
    case1:
    executecodeblock1
    break
    case2:
    executecodeblock2
    break
    default:
    codetobeexecutedifnis
    differentfromcase1and2
    }

    Thisishowitworks:Firstwehaveasingleexpressionn(mostoftenavariable),thatisevaluatedonce.
    Thevalueoftheexpressionisthencomparedwiththevaluesforeachcaseinthestructure.Ifthereisa
    match,theblockofcodeassociatedwiththatcaseisexecuted.Usebreaktopreventthecodefrom
    runningintothenextcaseautomatically.

    Example
    <scripttype="text/javascript">
    //Youwillreceiveadifferentgreetingbased
    //onwhatdayitis.NotethatSunday=0,
    //Monday=1,Tuesday=2,etc.
    vard=newDate()
    theDay=d.getDay()
    switch(theDay)
    {
    case5:
    document.write("FinallyFriday")
    break
    case6:
    document.write("SuperSaturday")
    break
    case0:
    document.write("SleepySunday")
    break
    default:
    document.write("I'mlookingforwardtothisweekend!")
    }
    </script>

    2007MehmudAbliz

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