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  69. <h4 class="subsection">4.2.5 Elif</h4>
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  71. <p>One common case of nested conditionals is used to check for more than two
  72. possible alternatives. For example, you might have
  73. </p>
  74. <div class="smallexample">
  75. <pre class="smallexample">#if X == 1
  76. &hellip;
  77. #else /* X != 1 */
  78. #if X == 2
  79. &hellip;
  80. #else /* X != 2 */
  81. &hellip;
  82. #endif /* X != 2 */
  83. #endif /* X != 1 */
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  85. <p>Another conditional directive, &lsquo;<samp>#elif</samp>&rsquo;, allows this to be
  86. abbreviated as follows:
  87. </p>
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  89. <pre class="smallexample">#if X == 1
  90. &hellip;
  91. #elif X == 2
  92. &hellip;
  93. #else /* X != 2 and X != 1*/
  94. &hellip;
  95. #endif /* X != 2 and X != 1*/
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  97. <p>&lsquo;<samp>#elif</samp>&rsquo; stands for &ldquo;else if&rdquo;. Like &lsquo;<samp>#else</samp>&rsquo;, it goes in the
  98. middle of a conditional group and subdivides it; it does not require a
  99. matching &lsquo;<samp>#endif</samp>&rsquo; of its own. Like &lsquo;<samp>#if</samp>&rsquo;, the &lsquo;<samp>#elif</samp>&rsquo;
  100. directive includes an expression to be tested. The text following the
  101. &lsquo;<samp>#elif</samp>&rsquo; is processed only if the original &lsquo;<samp>#if</samp>&rsquo;-condition
  102. failed and the &lsquo;<samp>#elif</samp>&rsquo; condition succeeds.
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  104. <p>More than one &lsquo;<samp>#elif</samp>&rsquo; can go in the same conditional group. Then
  105. the text after each &lsquo;<samp>#elif</samp>&rsquo; is processed only if the &lsquo;<samp>#elif</samp>&rsquo;
  106. condition succeeds after the original &lsquo;<samp>#if</samp>&rsquo; and all previous
  107. &lsquo;<samp>#elif</samp>&rsquo; directives within it have failed.
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  109. <p>&lsquo;<samp>#else</samp>&rsquo; is allowed after any number of &lsquo;<samp>#elif</samp>&rsquo; directives, but
  110. &lsquo;<samp>#elif</samp>&rsquo; may not follow &lsquo;<samp>#else</samp>&rsquo;.
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