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# [Control Flow in JavaScript: If, Else, and Switch Explained](https://js-basics-series.hashnode.dev/control-flow-in-javascript-if-else-and-switch-explained?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

When you write JavaScript, your code doesn’t always run top to bottom in one straight line. Sometimes the program needs to make decisions: Should this code run? Should another block run instead? Wh

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