If vs else if

The "if" by itself is only used once per conditional (at the start). Additional "else if" clauses that follow will only be executed if your first "if" statement evaluates to false. So in your first statement, as soon as one of the if, or else if, statements evaluates to true (and the code block runs), you are done. Nothing else is executed.

In your second statement, there are three separate conditional blocks. The first "if" and "else if" will function the same as above. Like the first statement, the "else if" maybe or may not be evaluated. However, every single "if" statement after that will be evaluated no matter what happened before it. They are separate entities and not tied to the "else if" at all.

This resource may help as well: https://www.w3schools.com/js/js_if_else.asp

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** Yes if statement is used once else if * is used as you wish but as long as you use else if you have to terminate it with *else **