These notes write compound statements in such a way that the right brace is directly beneath the matching left brace. For example, in
if(x > y)
{
m = x;
}
else
{
m = y;
}
you can easily see how the braces match up. But there is
another style that is in widespread use where a left brace
for an if-statement or while-loop is put at the end of
the line just before the body of the compound statement.
In that style, you would write
if(x > y) {
m = x;
}
else {
m = y;
}
We will stick with the earlier style here, but you might
encounter the alternative style elsewhere.
Note. You will almost never see someone place a right brace at the end of the last line of the compound statement. That tends to make programs difficult to read. For example, avoid writing the following.
if(x > y) {
m = x;}
else {
m = y;}