English Explanatory Dictionary

dangling else

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A potential ambiguity in a programming language that occurs when an else clause can be associated with either a nested conditional or with the clause that encloses the nested conditional.

Word forms

dangling else dangling elses
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