Can an else statement exit without an if statement preceeding it?

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Chapter8: Working With Advanced Functions
Section8.2: Lookup Tables And The Iferror Function
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Can an else statement exit without an if statement preceeding it?
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An 'if-else' statement is a control flow statement in computer programming that allows a program to execute different code blocks based on a condition. In many programming languages, a "if-else" statement has the following fundamental syntax:

if (condition) {
  
} else {
  }

 

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