# ELSEIF Clauses

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Beginning with A-Shell build 1125 of September 2008, one or more _elseif_ clauses may be inserted into an extended _if/elseif/else/endif_ statement (in /RC or /X:2 modes), e.g.:

**IF <expr1> THEN**

   <statements>

ELSEIF <expr2> THEN

   <statements>

ELSEIF <expr3> THEN

   <statements>

ELSE

   <statements>

**ENDIF**

Previously, to accomplish the same thing you would have had to use nested _if/else/endif_ clauses, e.g.:

IF <expr1> THEN

   <statements>

ELSE

   IF <expr2> THEN

      <statements>

   ELSE

      IF <expr3> then    

         <statements>

      ELSE

         <statements>

      ENDIF

   ENDIF

ENDIF



The _elseif_ version is mainly just cleaner and easier to follow.