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     statements
 }</lang>
-The above shows the idiomatic way to write an if/else.  If the else clause contains only a single statement however, it is legal to leave off the braces around that single statement, as in,
+Braces are required around else clauses, as above, unless the statement of the else clause is another if statement.  In this case the statements are chained like this,
-<lang go>if booleanExpression {
-    statements
-} else singleStatement</lang>
-Since an if statement ''is'' a statment, chains of if/else if statements can be written like this:
 <lang go>if booleanExpression1 {
     statements
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 }
 </lang>
-Neither of the last two examples are "best practice" however.  In the first case, it is common to put braces around the single statement anyway.  In the second case, a select statement is preferred.
 If allows a statement to be included ahead of the condition.  This is commonly a short variable declaration, as in,
 <lang go>if x := fetchSomething(); if x > 0 {