HackerRank More on Conditionals problem solution

In this HackerRank More on Conditionals problem solution if statements in Bash are often used in four important ways:

1. if…then…fi statements
2. if…then…fi…else statements  
3. if..elif..else..fi  
4. if..then..else..if..then..fi..fi.. (Nested Conditionals)

Their structure is

if [[ condition ]]

then

    do this

elif [[ condition ]]; then

    do this

else

    do this by default

fi

Note that there must be spaces between the brackets and their enclosing text. An or condition is || and an and condition is &&. Also note that then is required after if and elif but not after else. It must be separated from the conditional by either a newline or a ; which represents a newline to bash. The entire if clause is terminated with fi.

Given three integers (X, Y, and Z) representing the three sides of a triangle, identify whether the triangle is scalene, isosceles, or equilateral.

If all three sides are equal, output EQUILATERAL.

Otherwise, if any two sides are equal, output ISOSCELES.

Otherwise, output SCALENE.

Problem solution.

function readInt {
    read line
    echo $line
}

a=$(readInt)
b=$(readInt)
c=$(readInt)

if [ $a = $b ] && [ $a = $c ]; then
    echo "EQUILATERAL";
elif [ $a = $b ] || [ $a = $c ] || [ $b = $c ]; then
    echo "ISOSCELES";
else
    echo "SCALENE";
fi

Second solution.

#! /bin/bash
read a
read b
read c
if [ $a = $b ] && [ $b = $c ] ; then
  echo "EQUILATERAL"
elif [ $a = $b ] || [ $b = $c ] || [ $a = $c ] ; then
  echo "ISOSCELES"
else
  echo "SCALENE"
fi