The if statement runs code only when a condition is true: python age = 18 if age >= 18: print("You can vote") The structure: if keyword, condition, colon, then indented code. The indented block only runs if the condition evaluates to True.
If age is , the print never runs. The program skips it and continues after the if block. If age is or higher, the print executes. That's the power of conditionals: selective execution based on runtime values.