CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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Etrit
Etrit

Reputation: 885

Differences between two bool codes

This is a quick question about some code I want to use, but I don't have everything clear.

Does this :

return <SOMETHING> == <SOMETHING ELSE>;

and this :

if (<SOMETHING> == <SOMETHING ELSE>)
   return true;
else
   return false;

mean the same thing ?

Thanks to all who put their time here. Cheers :)

Upvotes: 0

Views: 79

Answers (3)

SLaks
SLaks

Reputation: 887285

No.

Your first line will return no matter what.
Your second line will only return if the condition is true; if the condition is false, the function will continue executing.

Your first line is equivalent to

if (<SOMETHING> == <SOMETHING>)
    return true;
return false;

(or with else)

EDIT: Yes; exactly.

Upvotes: 10

Yaqub Ahmad
Yaqub Ahmad

Reputation: 27659

return <SOMETHING> == <SOMETHING>;

alternate of above is 

if (<SOMETHING> == <SOMETHING>)
   return true;
else
   return false;

Upvotes: 1

Nikhil Agrawal
Nikhil Agrawal

Reputation: 48558

First will return the actual result of evaluation 

return <SOMETHING> == <SOMETHING>;

but second can be used to send evaluation or inverse of evaluation.

if (<SOMETHING> == <SOMETHING>)
    return true;

or

if (<SOMETHING> == <SOMETHING>)
    return false;

Upvotes: 1

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