• Go’s syntax for the if statement, differs from other C-style languages.
  • The if statement in Go does not require parenthesis around the Boolean condition. ``` package main

import ( “fmt” )

func main() {

		theAnswer := 42
		
		// We now need a string as a result message. We are declaring it, but not assigning it any value.
		var result string 
		
		if theAnswer < 0 {
				result = "Less than zero"
		} else if theAnswer == 0 {
		// Can add more "else if" states if needed to, but if there are no more, we can just go to "else" if none of the other conditions are true
			  result = "Equal to zero"			
		} else {
			   result = "Greater than zero"
		}
		fmt.Println(result) } ``` * The outcome in this case is: ``` Greater than zero ``` * Regarding braces of code blocks.
* In other C-style langues, you have the option of placing the beginning brace of a code block, onto the next line.
	* If you do that in Go however, you will receive an error. * The opening brace has to be on the same line as the proceeding statement: ``` if theAnswer < 0 { ``` * We can also include an initial statement, an exampel of this is: ``` package main

import ( “fmt” )

func main() {

		theAnswer := 42
		
		var result string 
		
		if theAnswer < 0 {
				result = "Less than zero"
		} else if theAnswer == 0 {
			  result = "Equal to zero"			
		} else {
			   result = "Greater than zero"
		}
		fmt.Println(result)
		
		// After the semi colon, we can continue with the rest of the if statement. Here we are initialising values, as part of the if statement
		if x := -42; x < 0 {
					result = "Less than zero"
		} else if x == 0 {
				result = "Equal to zero"
		} else {
				result = "Greater than zero"
		}
		fmt.Println(result)

} ```

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