[Solved] What does if(‘;’) do and mean? [closed]

Question

Whatever is in the parentheses will be interpreted as a boolean value, either true or false. If it’s a character, then in most programming languages, this interpretation happens via two steps:

the character is interpreted as an integer, usually its ASCII value
the integer is interpreted as a boolean (usually false for 0 and true for any other number)

So if(';') {...} will have the same effect as if(true) {...}

In some programming languages, strings interpreted as a boolean value are true if they have at least one character and false if they are empty (have length zero). So again, this would cause the code to run.

Accepted Answer

Whatever is in the parentheses will be interpreted as a boolean value, either true or false. If it’s a character, then in most programming languages, this interpretation happens via two steps:

the character is interpreted as an integer, usually its ASCII value
the integer is interpreted as a boolean (usually false for 0 and true for any other number)

So if(';') {...} will have the same effect as if(true) {...}

In some programming languages, strings interpreted as a boolean value are true if they have at least one character and false if they are empty (have length zero). So again, this would cause the code to run.