Decision Making and Branching statements

Decision Making and Branching statements

     Normally a program executes in sequential order. To change the sequence of execution of a program one can use Decision Making and Branching statements. 

Types of Decision Making and Branching statements

1. if
2. switch
3. conditional operator 
4. goto

if statement :

         This statement is considered as most important among Decision Making and Branching statements and used for handling simple and complex conditions.

switch statement:

         This statement is used for handling choice oriented programs. If the number of choices are more than this statement is very helpful.

conditional operator : This is one line decision making statement. It is used for handling simple conditions.

goto statement : This is unconditional statement used shifting a control of execution from one part of program to another part either in backward or forward direction.