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else if & curly brackets

Why do these two code snippets have different outputs ?

The only difference between them is the curly brackets around each if/else-if statement, but that shouldn't matter here, right? 

while (1){
    if (i>=n&&j<0)
        break;

    else if (j<0)
        if (Arr[i])
            c++;

    else if (i>=n)
        if(Arr[j])
            c++;

    else if (Arr[i]==1&&Arr[j]==1)
        c+=2;

    i++;
    j--;
}

..

while (1){
    if (i>=n&&j<0){
        break;
    }
    else if (j<0){
        if (Arr[i])
            c++;
    }
    else if (i>=n){
        if(Arr[j])
            c++;
    }
    else if (Arr[i]==1&&Arr[j]==1){
        c+=2;
    }
    i++;
    j--;
}
Solution

  • If you format correctly the first code snippet

    while (1){
    if (i>=n&&j<0)
        break;

    else if (j<0)
        if (Arr[i])
            c++;

        else if (i>=n)
            if(Arr[j])
                c++;
            else if (Arr[i]==1&&Arr[j]==1)
                c+=2;

    i++;
    j--;
}

    then it is seen that else or else if correspond to the closest if statement.