The Hello Application with else if

// This is the Hello program in Java

class Hello {

    public static void main (String args[]) {
    
      if (args.length == 0) {
        System.out.println(
          "Hello whoever you are");
      }
      else if (args.length == 1) {
        System.out.println("Hello " + args[0]);
      }
      else if (args.length == 2) {
        System.out.println("Hello " + args[0] +
          " " + args[1]);
      }      
      else if (args.length == 3) {
        System.out.println("Hello " + args[0] +
          " " + args[1] + " " args[2]);
      }      
      else if (args.length == 4) {
        System.out.println("Hello " + args[0] +
          " " + args[1] + " " args[2] + 
          " " + args[3]);
      }      
      else {
        System.out.println("Hello " + args[0] + 
        " " + args[1] + " " args[2] + " " + 
        args[3] + " and all the rest!");
      }

  }

}

Copyright 1996 Elliotte Rusty Harold
elharo@sunsite.unc.edu
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