if/then

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See also: if-then, and if–then

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Noun

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if/then (plural if/thens)

  1. Alternative form of if-then.
    • 1989 December, David W. Long, Michael R. Wagner, “Insect Pest Management Expert Systems in Multiresource Management of Ponderosa Pine”, in Multiresource Management of Ponderosa Pine Forests: Nov. 14 - 16, 1989, Flagstaff, Arizona (General Technical Report RM-185), page 260:
      1. The problem is well bounded, 2. There are many empirical if/thens that lead to a correct solution, 3. The total number of if/thens is sufficient to bring you close to a right answer (Mazur 1987).
    • 2018, Kirsten Weiss, The Gargoyle Chronicles, volume 1, misterio press, →ISBN:
      “Do you deal with chaos theory in your work?” “Me? I guess I just think it's fascinating. I see chaos as a series of if/thens. But that's the programmer in me. […]”
    • 2018, Catherine Brereton, Women Scientists in Math and Coding (Superwomen in STEM), Gareth Stevens Publishing, →ISBN, page 35:
      Today, programmers mostly use “if/thens” instead of 0s and 1s.
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