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Graham Holdren
2,416 Pointsfunctional programing in c code challenge
Cant figure out why this seems so hard dont you just use else How do you chain multiple if statements?
if ( i < 0 ){ printf("negative") } ______( i > 0 ) { printf("positive"); } ______{ printf("zero"); }
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Stone Preston
42,016 Pointsyou would need to use else if
if ( i < 0 ){
printf("negative")
} else if ( i > 0 ) {
printf("positive");
} else {
printf("zero");
}
![Graham Holdren](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fc7ce5e5005bfb9eef3717182e5b48ec?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fecs-static.teamtreehouse.com%2Fassets%2Fcontent%2Fdefault_avatar-445fbbabfc8dc9188fb5967fe43322ee0c3e0dd1e10f378bf8343784af5a13eb.webp&r=pg)
Graham Holdren
2,416 Pointsbeen away from treehouse for too long, forgot you had to submit both lines before checking answer... duh