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IF, ELSE, ENDIF, and ELIF

The IF, ELSE, ENDIF, and ELIF directives allow you to conditionally assemble sequences of instructions and directives.

Syntax

    IF logical-expression 
        …;code
    {ELSE
        …;code}
    ENDIF

where:

logical-expression

is an expression that evaluates to either {TRUE} or {FALSE}.

Usage

Use IF with ENDIF, and optionally with ELSE, for sequences of instructions or directives that are only to be assembled or acted on under a specified condition.

IF...ENDIF conditions can be nested.

The IF directive introduces a condition that controls whether to assemble a sequence of instructions and directives. [ is a synonym for IF.

The ELSE directive marks the beginning of a sequence of instructions or directives that you want to be assembled if the preceding condition fails. | is a synonym for ELSE.

The ENDIF directive marks the end of a sequence of instructions or directives that you want to be conditionally assembled. ] is a synonym for ENDIF.

The ELIF directive creates a structure equivalent to ELSE IF, without the requirement for nesting or repeating the condition.

Using ELIF

Without using ELIF, you can construct a nested set of conditional instructions like this:

    IF logical-expression
            instructions 
    ELSE
        IF logical-expression2
            instructions 
        ELSE
            IF logical-expression3
                instructions 
            ENDIF
        ENDIF
    ENDIF

A nested structure like this can be nested up to 256 levels deep.

You can write the same structure more simply using ELIF:

    IF logical-expression
        instructions 
    ELIF logical-expression2
        instructions 
    ELIF logical-expression3
        instructions 
    ENDIF

This structure only adds one to the current nesting depth, for the IF...ENDIF pair.

Examples

The following example assembles the first set of instructions if NEWVERSION is defined, or the alternative set otherwise:

Assembly conditional on a variable being defined
        IF :DEF:NEWVERSION
            ; first set of instructions or directives
        ELSE
            ; alternative set of instructions or directives
        ENDIF

Invoking armasm as follows defines NEWVERSION, so the first set of instructions and directives are assembled:

armasm --cpu=8-A.32 --predefine "NEWVERSION SETL {TRUE}" test.s

Invoking armasm as follows leaves NEWVERSION undefined, so the second set of instructions and directives are assembled:

armasm --cpu=8-A.32 test.s

The following example assembles the first set of instructions if NEWVERSION has the value {TRUE}, or the alternative set otherwise:

Assembly conditional on a variable value
        IF NEWVERSION = {TRUE}
            ; first set of instructions or directives
        ELSE
            ; alternative set of instructions or directives
        ENDIF

Invoking armasm as follows causes the first set of instructions and directives to be assembled:

armasm --cpu=8-A.32 --predefine "NEWVERSION SETL {TRUE}" test.s

Invoking armasm as follows causes the second set of instructions and directives to be assembled:

armasm --cpu=8-A.32 --predefine "NEWVERSION SETL {FALSE}" test.s
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