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An if statement contains a Boolean expression, in parentheses, followed by an embedded statement:

if (Boolean expression) 
  embedded statement 

When the Boolean expression of an if statement evaluates to any integer other than 0, C++ considers the expression to be true and executes the embedded statement; otherwise, if the Boolean expression evaluates to 0, C++ considers the expression to be false and skips the embedded statement.