Conditional Statements are a core part of programming and everyday life. When writing a program will have to tell the computer to execute some statements based on present conditions. Example below:

Picture, you’re lost in the woods and you come to a fork in the road. You have a decision to make. Do you go left or right? If you go left then you have 2 more miles to go before finding shelter (Mountain Lions live that way), Else if you go right you will have 8 more miles before finding shelter (Bunnies live that way).

pubic class Woods {

public String navigateTheWoods(String direction){
   
   // if the value inside the if-statement is true go left
   if(direction.equals("Left")){ 

      System.out.println("You have 2 miles left. Beware of the 
      Mountain Lions!!!");

   }// else if the value inside the else-if is true go right
   else if(direction.equals("Right")){

      System.out.println("Oh no 8 more miles left. Bunnies are so 
      cute");

   }
} 

}