dangling else

Summary

dangling else is a syntactic ambiguity^[1]. It draws 73 Wikipedia views per month (syntactic_ambiguity category, ranking #1 of 1).^[2]

Key Facts

• dangling else's instance of is recorded as syntactic ambiguity^[3].
• dangling else's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02_ck8^[4].
• dangling else's described at URL is recorded as https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/compiler-design/dangling-else-ambiguity/^[5].
• dangling else's described at URL is recorded as http://parsifalsoft.com/ifelse.html^[6].
• dangling else's described at URL is recorded as https://www.sanfoundry.com/c-question-dangling-else-statements/^[7].
• dangling else's described at URL is recorded as https://radiilab.github.io/compiler-dev-tutorial/38_Dangling_Else/^[8].
• dangling else's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/dangling-else^[9].
• dangling else's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 132327240^[10].
• dangling else's Oxford Reference overview ID is recorded as 20110803095659650^[11].

Why It Matters

dangling else draws 73 Wikipedia views per month (syntactic_ambiguity category, ranking #1 of 1).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[12] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[13]