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Java decision-making statement comparison table
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Java if statementcurly brackets: 
if(condition)
  doSomething();
else
  doSomethingElse();
if it contains only a single statement		  else block
if(condition)
{
   // statements to execute if condition is true
}
else
{
   // statements to execute if condition is false
}
Java switch statement using polymorphism  
switch(primitiveVariable)
{
   case value1:
      // statements to execute if variable equals value1
      break;
   case value2:
      // statements to execute if variable equals value2
      break;
   ...
   default:
      // statements to execute if none of the above is true
      break;
}
Java try catch statement  
//Any division by zero that occurs when executing the 
//try block will result in execution of the catch block. 
//Once either block completes, execution continues 
//at the statement after the catch block.
try
{
   result = numerator / denominator;
   validResult = true;
}
catch (ArithmeticException e)
{
   validResult = false;
}
  

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