# if Schema

```txt
http://jsonlogic.com/schemas/operators/logic/if.json
```

The if statement typically takes 3 arguments: a condition (if), what to do if it’s true (then), and what to do if it’s false (else), like: {"if" : [ true, "yes", "no" ]}.
If can also take more than 3 arguments, and will pair up arguments like if/then elseif/then elseif/then else.


| Abstract            | Extensible | Status         | Identifiable            | Custom Properties | Additional Properties | Access Restrictions | Defined In                                                |
| :------------------ | ---------- | -------------- | ----------------------- | :---------------- | --------------------- | ------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- |
| Can be instantiated | No         | Unknown status | Unknown identifiability | Forbidden         | Allowed               | none                | [if.json](operators/logic/if.json "open original schema") |

## if Type

merged type ([if](if.md))

one (and only one) of

-   [Untitled object in if](if-oneof-0.md "check type definition")
-   [Untitled object in if](if-oneof-1.md "check type definition")

## if Examples

```json
{
  "if": [
    true,
    "yes",
    "no"
  ]
}
```

```json
{
  "if": [
    false,
    "yes",
    "no"
  ]
}
```

```json
{
  "if": [
    {
      "<": [
        {
          "var": "temp"
        },
        0
      ]
    },
    "freezing",
    {
      "<": [
        {
          "var": "temp"
        },
        100
      ]
    },
    "liquid",
    "gas"
  ]
}
```