If…Then…Else Statements in Visual Basic .Net

Visual Basic .Net support the decision making using If…Then…Else statements. In addition to the simple If…Then statement, If…Then…Else provides an else part. Here we can assign two different statements one for true condition and other one for false condition.

Basic Syntax

If(condition)Then
 [statement true]
'statement true will be executed if the condition is true. 

Else
 [statement false]
'statement flase will be executed if the condition is false. 
End If

Example

If a > b Then

large = a

Else

large = b

Example Program

Module Module1

 Sub Main()
   Dim a = 5, b = 10, larger As Integer
   If a > b Then
      larger = a
   Else
      larger = b
   End If
   Console.WriteLine(larger)
 End Sub

End Module

As b=10 is larger than a=5, the output of the program will be 10.

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