branch

A branch is a control structure that allow a particular section of code to be conditionally executed depending upon whether the outcome of a [[boolean_expression?]] evaluates to true or false.

Using conditional keywords

The awk extraction and reporting language provides a variety of [[component?]] keywords for defining branches, including:

if, [[else?]]

Using logical operators

The awk extraction and reporting language also provides the facility to perform conditional branching using logical operators.