Decision Making Using If….Then Statements in VB.Net
VB.Net supports five types of decision making statements. Among them the simplest one is the If…Then statements. Below are the five types of decision making statements using in VB.Net.
- If….Then statements
- If….Then….Else statements
- Nested If Statements
- Select Case Statements
- Nested Select Case Statements
Here we are discussing the decision making in VB.Net using the If Then statements.
The simple if then statement checks whether the condition is true or false, and if the condition is true then the [statement x] will be executed.
Basic Syntax
If condition Then [Statement x] End If
Example
If (a>0) Then console.WriteLine("Postive") End If
In the given example, if the value of a is greater than 0 statement x will be executed and will provide the output message “Positive”.
The below program will give you more explanation.
Example Program
Module Module1 Sub Main() Dim num As Integer Console.WriteLine("Enter a positive number:") num = Console.ReadLine() If num > 0 Then Console.WriteLine("Number is valid") End If End Sub End Module