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Elif
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   One common case of nested conditionals is used to check for more
than two possible alternatives.  For example, you might have

     #if X == 1
     ...
     #else /* X != 1 */
     #if X == 2
     ...
     #else /* X != 2 */
     ...
     #endif /* X != 2 */
     #endif /* X != 1 */

   Another conditional directive, `#elif', allows this to be
abbreviated as follows:

     #if X == 1
     ...
     #elif X == 2
     ...
     #else /* X != 2 and X != 1*/
     ...
     #endif /* X != 2 and X != 1*/

   `#elif' stands for "else if".  Like `#else', it goes in the middle
of a conditional group and subdivides it; it does not require a
matching `#endif' of its own.  Like `#if', the `#elif' directive
includes an expression to be tested.  The text following the `#elif' is
processed only if the original `#if'-condition failed and the `#elif'
condition succeeds.

   More than one `#elif' can go in the same conditional group.  Then
the text after each `#elif' is processed only if the `#elif' condition
succeeds after the original `#if' and all previous `#elif' directives
within it have failed.

   `#else' is allowed after any number of `#elif' directives, but
`#elif' may not follow `#else'.