## If - Then Statements
The if-then statement is the most basic of all the control flow statements. It tells your program to execute a certain section of code only if a particular condition evaluates to true and do something else when the condition is false.
We already covered the basic use of conditional edges in a previous tutorial. In this guide we will show an example of a common if-then clause.
First, start by creating a new project in SceneMaker and drag two normal nodes to the workspace. Then create a local int variable by right-clicking on the workspace and selecting the **"Add Variable"** from the drop-down menu.
Then connect the start node to the second node through a conditional edge, the condition will be (x>2). Remember to wrap the condition in parenthesis!
Then connect the start node to itself through a timeout node. Leave the default timeout as it is.
Finally, add a command execution to the start node by double clicking on it and selecting **"Add command execution"** from the dropdown menu.
The command will be *x = x + 1*
Congratulations, now we have a basic if-then clause equivalent to
```
if(x>2)
{
Go to N2
}
else
{
Stay in N1
}
```
Another straight foward example is to create an If-Else statement without time condition. In this case, instead of using a *timeout edge*
Now in this case we have another basic if-then clause equivalent to:
```
if(x>2)
{
Go to N2
}
else
{
Go to *Else Node* and doSomething();
}
```
Great! But what about builing more complex conditions, for example, and if-then-elseif-then
The equivalent in this case will be:
```
if(x>2)
{
Go to N2
}
else if(x == 0)
{
Go to *N5* and doSomething();
}
else{
Go to "Else"
}
```
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