//NumberIf.java

import javax.swing.*;

public class NumberIf {
    public static void main (String[] args)
    {
	String input;
	int num1;
	int num2;
	
	input = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Enter first integer");
	num1 = Integer.parseInt(input);
	
	input = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Enter second integer");
	num2 = Integer.parseInt(input);
	
	//three-way branch.  is really nested if statement
	//but is easier to think of as a multiway branch
	if (num1 == num2)	
	    JOptionPane.showMessageDialog( null, "they equal!");
	else if (num1 > num2)	
	    JOptionPane.showMessageDialog( null, "first is bigger than second");
	else
	    JOptionPane.showMessageDialog( null, "first is smaller than second");

    }
}

/*
this would be syntax error:
 else (num1 > num2)

add: relation="equals";  etc
*/