### 1.1.7 Scheme conditionals

#### if

Scheme has an `if` procedure:

>     (if test-expression true-expression false-expression)

test-expression is an expression that returns a boolean value. If test-expression returns `#t`, the if procedure returns the value of true-expression, otherwise it returns the value of false-expression.

    guile> (define a 3)
    guile> (define b 5)
    guile> (if (> a b) "a is greater than b" "a is not greater than b")
    "a is not greater than b"

#### cond

Another conditional procedure in scheme is `cond`:

>     (cond (test-expression-1 result-expression-sequence-1)
>           (test-expression-2 result-expression-sequence-2)
>           …
>           (test-expression-n result-expression-sequence-n))

For example:

    guile> (define a 6)
    guile> (define b 8)
    guile> (cond ((< a b) "a is less than b")
    ...          ((= a b) "a equals b")
    ...          ((> a b) "a is greater than b"))
    "a is less than b"

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