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# if

Here's a good memory tip for learning what conditionals means. When you were young and you asked your parents to do something, they'd say: "If you clean your room, then you can drive the Ferrari to Florida for Spring Break." Ok, maybe it wasn't that good, but you get the idea. If you met a certain *condition*, then something else could happen.

In code we have conditions, and we call these expressions *conditionals*. In English we have words called subordinate conjunctions, `if, when, while` and many others. In code we have keywords that mark the start of a conditional phrase. As you may have already deduced, `if` is one of those keywords.

## Sample Code

Let's look at some conditionals. Just a quick review here. Think of what will happen. Consider that will happen with the following code:

```javascript
var roomClean = true;

if(roomClean) {
    console.log("I can take the Ferrari out!");
}
```

## A little more discussion

1. The above statement is called an `if statement`. 
2. It will only execute if `roomClean` is true.
3. If `roomClean` isn't true, it will simply skip over the code inside the `if` code block.

## Practice

Timed practice, in `if.js`:

1. See if you can write 5 `if` statements in about 5 minutes.
2. You should have 5 variables at the top of the file and 5 `if` statements underneath those variables. 
3. Make it fun. Think of movies, friends, or food in your life that you could write an `if statement` for.