DelphiBasics Else Keyword Starts false section of if, case and try statements

1  keyword Else(if Condition then Statement else Statement; 2  case Expression of   Case clauses   ...   else   Statements  end; 3  try   Statements   ...  except   Exception statements   ...  else   Statements  end

Description The Else keyword is part of the If, Case and Try statements. It is used to start the section of code executed when earlier conditions are not satisfied.   See details of each of these statements for further details. Related commands Case A mechanism for acting upon different values of an Ordinal End Keyword that terminates statement blocks If Starts a conditional expression to determine what to do next Then Part of an if statement - starts the true clause Try Starts code that has error trapping  Download this web site as a Windows program.

Example code : Illustrate various uses of the else clause begin   // Note the lack of a ';' after the 'then' clause   if False   then ShowMessage('True')   Else ShowMessage('False');   // Nested if statements - Delphi sensibly manages associations   if true then     if false then       ShowMessage('Inner then satisfied')     Else       ShowMessage('Inner else satisfied')   Else     ShowMessage('Outer else satisfied') end; Show full unit code   False   Inner else satisfied

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