Erlang equivalent to if else

Question

I have 2 parts of code I want to execute. Both are conditionals

if Value1 < N do something 

else if Value1 >= N do something

if Value2 < N do some         


        

Answer 1

Erlang doesn't allow you to have an if without a true statement option. Whether or not this is something that is a true statement or an actual true is up to you, but it is commonplace to have your true be the else in other languages.

if 
    some_condition -> some_code;
    some_other_condition -> some_other_code;
    true -> else_code
end.

See the "What the If?" section on this page for more on this.