ObjectPascal
Else
Keyword
Starts false section of if, case and try statements
1   if Condition then Statement else Statement;
2   case Expression of
    Case clauses
    ...
    else
      Statements
  end;
3   try
    Statements
    ...
  except
    Exception statements
    ...
  else
    Statements
  end
Description
The Else keyword is part of the If, Case and Try statements. It is used to start the section of code executed when earlier conditions are not satisfied.
 
See details of each of these statements for further details.
Related commands
Case A mechanism for acting upon different values of an Ordinal
End Keyword that terminates statement blocks
If Starts a conditional expression to determine what to do next
Then Part of an if statement - starts the true clause
Try Starts code that has error trapping
 
Example code : Illustrate various uses of the else clause
begin
  // Note the lack of a ';' after the 'then' clause
  if False
  then WriteLn('True')
  Else WriteLn('False');

  // Nested if statements - Delphi sensibly manages associations
  if true then
    if false then
      WriteLn('Inner then satisfied')
    Else
      WriteLn('Inner else satisfied')
  Else
    WriteLn('Outer else satisfied')
end;
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   False
   Inner else satisfied