If Statements

[Aange10]

I have a question about if statements:

code:

if ( i = 10 and e = 4 and r = 6 then) {     do stuff }

If i = 8, will it ever check for e or r?

[Tony]

Most languages will check the second argument only if the first is not enough to determine the outcome of the expression.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short-circuit_evaluation

You can check for this yourself, by having the second argument of a boolean expression to perform some observable side-effect.