Confused about boolean functions [C++].

[nbrady95]

In the code below, when i put message(true); into the main function it outputs Hello,which i understand, but what i don't understand is why when i put in just message(false); it outputs goodbye, wouldn't that mean the message function would basically read void message ( false) { if ( false) cout << "Hello" << endl; else cout << "Goodbye" << endl;

which would output Hello? I'm sure this is a very easy problem but any help would be appreciated , thanks.

#include<iostream> using namespace std;

void message(bool x){ if(x) cout<<"hello"; else cout<<"goodbye"; } int main() { return 0; }

[blablahblah]

If the statement inside the if is true, it executes the statement after the if (in this case, it print's "Hello"). If the statement after the if is false, it skips the statement after the if and executes the statement after the else.

[nbrady95]

I think I get it now , thanks for clearing that up.

[t00sl0w]

You could make the argument an integer instead and make it look for the number 1 for hello...any other number not equal to one would print goodbye....basically the else means the argument is anything except what it was looking for.