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Idiom #131 Successive conditions

Execute f1 if condition c1 is true, or else f2 if condition c2 is true, or else f3 if condition c3 is true.
Don't evaluate a condition when a previous condition was true.

if c1:
    f1()
elif c2:
    f2()
elif c3:
    f3()
if c1: f1()
elif c2: f2()
elif c3: f3()
f1() if c1 else f2() if c2 else f3() if c3 else None

This is called a conditional expression/ternary operator
true caseOf: {
  [c1] -> [f1].
  [c2] -> [f2].
  [c3] -> [f3]}
match true {
    _ if c1 => f1(),
    _ if c2 => f2(),
    _ if c3 => f3(),
    _ => (),
}

Using match and guards
if c1 { f1() } else if c2 { f2() } else if c3 { f3() }

Using if and else
if c1 then
    f1;
elsif c2 then
    f2;
elsif c3 then
    f3;
end if;

assume that f, g, and h are procedure and that a and b are Boolean

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