leave if statement

Question

I have an if statement inside an if statement.

If the condition in the second if statement returns false, I want to go to the first else because there it sets my validation controls automatically.

I hope you understand

if (page.isvalid() )
{
    if (datetime.tryparse (date) == true)
    {
        // ok    
    } 
    else
    {
       //go to the other else
    }
}
else
{
    // want to go here
}

Edit:

Important is that I have to first validate the page because after the validation, I know I can parse the datetimes from the 2 input controls and check if the second one is greater than the first one. Otherwise it throws an exception, maybe, if the date is not valid.

Answer 1

instead of DateTime.Parse(date) use

DateTime dt;
bool isParsed = DateTime.TryParse(date, out dt);

//if ( page.isvalid() && (datetime.parse (date) == true) )   
if ( page.isvalid() && isParsed )   
{        
     // ok        
}     
else    
{       
    // want to go here
}

Answer 2

Take out the elses, and it should be what you're looking for. Also, add a return statement after everything is good to go.

if ( page.isvalid() )
{
    if (datetime.parse (date) == true)
    {
        // ok    
    } 
    return;
}

// code here happens when it's not valid.

Answer 3

This does exactly what you want, I believe.

if (page.isvalid() && datetime.tryparse(date) == true)
{        
    // ok
}
else
{
    // want to go here
}

It is not clear whether the '== true' is necessary; you might be able to drop that condition.

Answer 4

Exactly what you want to do is impossible. There are two options. One is to determine both answers at the top of your if clause. This is what the other posters are telling you to do. Another option would be something like this:

bool isvalid = true;
if ( page.isvalid() )
{    
    if (datetime.tryparse (date) == true)    
    {        
        // ok        
    }
    else    
    {       
        isvalid = false;    
    }
}
else
{
    isvalid = false;
}
if (isvalid == false)
{
    //do whatever error handling you want
}

This extracts the error handling code from your else clause and puts it somewhere both code paths can reach.