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TclDecisions
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Decisionmakingstructuresrequirethattheprogrammerspecifiesoneormoreconditionstobeevaluatedor
testedbytheprogram,alongwithastatementorstatementstobeexecutediftheconditionisdeterminedtobe
true,andoptionally,otherstatementstobeexecutediftheconditionisdeterminedtobefalse.
Followingisthegeneralformofatypicaldecisionmakingstructurefoundinmostoftheprogramming
languages
Tcllanguageusestheexprcommandinternallyandhenceitsnotrequiredforustouseexprstatement
explicitly.
Tcllanguageprovidesfollowingtypesofdecisionmakingstatements
S.No.
Statement&Description
ifstatement
An'if'statementconsistsofaBooleanexpressionfollowedbyoneormorestatements.
if...elsestatement
An'if'statementcanbefollowedbyanoptional'else'statement,whichexecuteswhentheBoolean
expressionisfalse.
nestedifstatements
Youcanuseone'if'or'elseif'statementinsideanother'if'or'elseif'statement(s).
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switchstatement
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Aswitchstatementallowsavariabletobetestedforequalityagainstalistofvalues.
nestedswitchstatements
Youcanuseoneswitchstatementinsideanotherswitchstatement(s).
The?:Operator
Wehavecoveredconditionaloperator?:inpreviouschapter,whichcanbeusedtoreplaceif...elsestatements.
Ithasthefollowinggeneralform
Exp1?Exp2:Exp3;
WhereExp1,Exp2,andExp3areexpressions.Noticetheuseandplacementofthecolon.
Thevalueofa'?expression'isdeterminedlikethis:Exp1isevaluated.Ifitistrue,thenExp2isevaluatedand
becomesthevalueoftheentire'?expression.'IfExp1isfalse,thenExp3isevaluatedanditsvaluebecomesthe
valueoftheexpression.Anexampleisshownbelow.
#!/usr/bin/tclsh
seta10;
setb[expr$a==1?20:30]
puts"Valueofbis$b\n"
setb[expr$a==10?20:30]
puts"Valueofbis$b\n"
Whenyoucompileandexecutetheaboveprogram,itproducesthefollowingresult
Valueofbis30
Valueofbis20
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