Conditions and loops

Conditions and loops

Conditional, IF

"if, then, else", a well known conditional statement, is written in maxima as

if expression then
do this,
do that
else
do this and that
$

where the expression is the conditions to met in order to run the "do this, do that" statements. Multiple statements have to be separate by commas!!! However if the conditions aren't met, it will run the "do this and that" statement, which again is separate by commas if there are several command. The "if then else" is then end with a ";" or a "$".