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If without else

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• Subject: [mg113022] If without else
• From: Sebastian Schmitt <sschmitt at physi.uni-heidelberg.de>
• Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 05:17:10 -0400 (EDT)

Dear all!

(I recycle my disclaimer.)

I'm new to Mathematica with a background mostly in C++. Many times I
have the impression that my style is not natural-Mathematica
(Mathematicaesque so to say).

I have a question to the usage of the If condition.

In[72] := x = 2; b = 3;

In[73] := If[b > 2, x = 10,]; x

Out[73] = 10

In[74] := If[b > 3, x = 20,]; x

Out[74] = 10

Is it good-practice to leave the "else" empty? Is

x := 10 /; b > 2

what I'm looking for?

Thanks in advance,

Sebastian