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# `else`

Often you'd want to execute a statement if a certain condition is met, and a different statement if the condition is not met. This is what `else` is for. `else` extends an `if` statement to execute a statement in case the expression in the `if` statement evaluates to `FALSE`. For example, the following code would display `a is bigger than b` if `$a` is bigger than `$b`, and `a is NOT bigger than b` otherwise:

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      2 if ($a > $b) {
      3     print "a is bigger than b";
      4 } else {
      5     print "a is NOT bigger than b";
      6 }
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The `else` statement is only executed if the `if` expression evaluated to `FALSE`, and if there were any `elseif` expressions - only if they evaluated to `FALSE` as well (see below).

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