Conditional statements

A conditional statement will check a condition and execute a block of code only if the condition is true. Swift provides both the if and if...else conditional statements. Let's take a look at how to use these conditional statements to execute blocks of code if a specified condition is true.

The if statement

The if statement will check a conditional statement and, if it is true, it will execute the block of code. This statement takes the following format:

if condition {  
  block of code 
} 

Now, let's take a look at how to use the if statement:

let teamOneScore = 7  
let teamTwoScore = 6 
if teamOneScore > teamTwoScore {  
  print("Team One Won") 
}

In the preceding example, we...