Does C++ and Java actually have an else if statement or is it just an else statement with a nested if statement.

Question

As it is possible to use statements that only require 1 statement without curly braces I thought that this:
if (...) {
...
} else if (...) {
...
} else {
...
}
would actually be this:
if (...) {
...
} else {
if (...) {
...
} else {
...
}
}
and no separate else if statements actually existed.

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System.out.println(sc.nextBoolean());

Answer 1

You're correct, there is no such thing like elif statement in both Java and C++, and yes, the else if is actually a nested if statement