The Compound if Statement

Format of the compound if statement:

 
 if (<boolean expression>)
 {
    <statement 1>
    <statement 2>
    . . .
    <statement n>
  }
	

Example program fragment:

 
  cin << number;
  if (number > 0)
  {
    number = number * 2; 
    cout << number;
  }

Sample function using an if statement:

int calculateMax(int num1, int num2)
{
    int larger = num1;   // assume num1 is larger
    if (num2 > num1)     // if num2 GT; num1
        larger = num2;   //   num2 is larger

    return larger;       // return larger value
}