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i. language = "English";

if (country.equals("US"))

if (state.equals("PR")) language =
"Spanish";

else if (country.equals("China"))

language = "Chinese";

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΢ Exercise R5.2. Explain the following terms, and give an example for each

construct:

a. Expression

b. Condition

c. Statement

d. Simple statement

e. Compound statement

f. Block

΢ Exercise R5.3. Explain the difference between an if/else if/else

statement and nested if statements. Give an example for each.

΢ Exercise R5.4. Give an example for an if/else if/else statement

where the order of the tests does not matter. Give an example where the
order of the tests matters.

΢ Exercise R5.5. Of the following pairs of strings, which comes first in

lexicographic order?

a. "Tom", "Dick"

b. "Tom", "Tomato"

c. "church", "Churchill"

d. "car manufacturer", "carburetor"