An if statement is a programming conditional statement that, if proved true, performs a function or displays information. Below is a general example of an if statement, not specific to any particular programming language.

if (X < 10) { print “Hello John”; }

In the example above, if the value of X were equal to any number less than 10, the program displays, “Hello John” when the script is run.

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See the conditional statement definition for further information and some basic programming examples.

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