What does else without if mean in VBA?
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What does else without if mean in VBA?
When VBA compiler sees that the Else keyword is not preceded by a recognizable (correct) If statement, it generates an error ‘Else without If’. For every Else, there must be an If statement.
Is else necessary after if?
No, It’s not required to write the else part for the if statement. In fact most of the developers prefer and recommend to avoid the else block.
Should I always have an else statement?
Whether you have an else clause or not, it’s always there. There always be an else clause. If you believe the above statement is true, leaving out an else clause means either one of these reasons: You don’t think about what to do when a condition in an if statement is false .
Do you always need an else?
When should I use else if?
Definition and Usage
- Use if to specify a block of code to be executed, if a specified condition is true.
- Use else to specify a block of code to be executed, if the same condition is false.
- Use else if to specify a new condition to test, if the first condition is false.
Why you should avoid using else?
All these redundant else blocks do to your code is make it unnecessarily long, less readable, and seem more complex than it actually is. Although code can still be quite readable when a single if-else statement gets used. It tends to get much worse really fast.
Are if-else statements Bad?
Similarly, there aren’t any bad practices when using if-else or else-if conditions. Of course, using else statements should be done carefully, as it’s difficult to predict the scope of it. If any condition besides the if clause goes into else , that might not be what you actually want.
How do you write codes without an if statement?
i.e. you could just as easily write bool isSmall = i < 10; – it’s this that avoids the if statement, not the separate function. Code of the form if (test) { x = true; } else { x = false; } or if (test) { return true; } else { return false; } is always silly; just use x = test or return test .
