# Optionality of curly braces in JavaScript

If there is only one expression in curly brackets in `if` or `else`, these curly brackets can be omitted. Let, for example, given the following code with all brackets:

`if (test === 0) { console.log('+++'); } else { console.log('---'); }`

You can shorten it like this:

`if (test === 0) console.log('+++'); else console.log('---');`

Или так:

`if (test === 0) { console.log('+++'); } else console.log('---');`

You can also remove all the brackets, but arrange everything not in one line, but like this:

`if (test === 0) console.log('+++'); else console.log('--');`

Rewrite the following code in shortened form:

`if (test > 0) { console.log('+++'); } else { console.log('---'); }`

Rewrite the following code in shortened form:

`if (test > 0) { console.log('+++'); }`
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