Blocks within if statements

his is another topic that examines the consistency of Scala. This topic examines blocks in if statements. It is related to Blocks within for comprehensions and Temporary Variables during object creation.

1. // standard if
2. if(1 > 2) -1 else 0
4. // since blocks return a value you can use a block within the if statement 
5. // (not sure when you would want to but...)
6. if ({ val x = 1
7.       val y = 2
8.       x == y }) 1 else 2