RustBrock/branches/src/main.rs

fn main() {
    // comments go above line attempting to comment
    println!("Hello, world!");
    example_funct();
}

// implicitly implied that a unit type is returned but neat to know it is allowed
fn example_funct () -> () {
    let number = 1;
    // allowed bool statement
    let run_if = number == 0;
    // each if is a different arm or branch of the code path, will not check any other files once the first one is true
    // must be a bool, rust will not accept if number or etc, must be converted into bool
    if number != 0 {
        println!("Number is non-zero")
    // multiple ifs in a row
    } else if run_if {
        println!("Number is zero")
    // in the   ase that all are flase
    } else {
        println!("Number is not real")
    }

    let condition = true;
    // ifs can also be part of a statement to set a value depending on another value
    let another_number = if condition { 7 } else { 0 };
}

// too many ifs or if elses can clutter code, use the match case instead
// 5 ifs should mean the code needs to be refactored