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.. rst-class:: align-right

**directive**

.. index:: pair: elif/1; Directive
.. _directives_elif_1:

``elif/1``
==========

Description
-----------

::

   elif(Goal)

Supports embedded conditionals when performing conditional compilation.
The code following the directive is compiled iff ``Goal`` is true. If
``Goal`` throws an error instead of either succeeding or failing, the
error is reported by the compiler and compilation of the enclosing source
file or entity is aborted. The goal is
:ref:`expanded <expansion_expansion>` when the directive occurs
in a source file.

.. warning::

   Conditional compilation goals **cannot** depend on predicate definitions
   contained in the same source file that contains the conditional
   compilation directives (as those predicates only become available after
   the file is successfully compiled and loaded).

Template and modes
------------------

::

   elif(@callable)

Examples
--------

::

   :- if(current_prolog_flag(double_quotes, codes)).

       ...

   :- elif(current_prolog_flag(double_quotes, chars)).

       ...

   :- elif(current_prolog_flag(double_quotes, atom)).

       ...

   :- endif.

.. seealso::

   :ref:`directives_else_0`,
   :ref:`directives_endif_0`,
   :ref:`directives_if_1`
