# Help:Simple If Statement

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/help-simple-if-statement/7811
**Category:** New to Julia
**Tags:** question
**Created:** [December 17, 2017, 2:51am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/help-simple-if-statement/7811 "2017-12-17T02:51:57Z")
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### Author: ![Skrtle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@Skrtle](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Skrtle)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2017, 2:51am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/help-simple-if-statement/7811/1 "2017-12-17T02:51:57Z")

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Hey so I have been working on my first Julia Program which basically lets you sign in using a password system. I have started using the atom editor and when i try to execute the code a gear box shows around it which I am not sure means. Any help would be much appreciated.

```julia
a = "password"
b = "access granted"
c = "incorrect"
print("enter password:"); password = string(readline(STDIN))
if password == a
    println(b, " sung")
elseif password == c
        println(b, " Ian")
    else
        println("Your password is incorrect")
    end

```

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### Author: ![ihnorton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ihnorton/32/26_2.png) [@ihnorton](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ihnorton)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2017, 5:18am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/help-simple-if-statement/7811/2 "2017-12-17T05:18:32Z")

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see

[https://github.com/JunoLab/atom-julia-client/issues/171](https://github.com/JunoLab/atom-julia-client/issues/171)