Conditional Branching

In informal terms, Conditional Branching occurs in a computer programme when based on a value, the programme jumps to a particular set of instructions. Its fundamental, you can find it in higher-level languages, but also down at the processor level in op-codes.

Tests

In most language, we have the conditions, these are Equality Operators.

• -gt greater than

• -igt greater than, case-insensitive

• -cgt greater than, case-sensitive

• -ge greater than or equal

• -ige greater than or equal, case-insensitive

• -cge greater than or equal, case-sensitive

• -lt less than

• -ilt less than, case-insensitive

• -clt less than, case-sensitive

• -le less than or equal

• -ile less than or equal, case-insensitive

• -cle less than or equal, case-sensitive