if/then

See also: if-then and if–then

English

Noun

if/then (plural if/thens)

1. Alternative form of if-then.
   • 1989 December, David W. Long, Michael R. Wagner, “Insect Pest Management Expert Systems in Multiresource Management of Ponderosa Pine”, in Multiresource Management of Ponderosa Pine Forests: Nov. 14 - 16, 1989, Flagstaff, Arizona (General Technical Report RM-185), page 260:

     1. The problem is well bounded, 2. There are many empirical if/thens that lead to a correct solution, 3. The total number of if/thens is sufficient to bring you close to a right answer (Mazur 1987).

   • 2018, Kirsten Weiss, The Gargoyle Chronicles, volume 1, misterio press, →ISBN:

     “Do you deal with chaos theory in your work?” “Me? I guess I just think it's fascinating. I see chaos as a series of if/thens. But that's the programmer in me. […]”

   • 2018, Catherine Brereton, Women Scientists in Math and Coding (Superwomen in STEM), Gareth Stevens Publishing, →ISBN, page 35:

     Today, programmers mostly use “if/thens” instead of 0s and 1s.