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Gmoney93079
then if name is equal to name do nothing, but if name is != name do something
We have undestood that, but: "if name is equal to name" is true regardless of the value of "name", so the condition is moot. You could have written "if 1 equals 1" for the same effect.
For any if-else-decision to make sense there must be a condition which is sometimes true, sometimes not true. If it is always true or always not true, then you do not need a condition at all. If i say to you "if the time is in the evening then go to sleep, otherwise get up" there is a condition (what the time is) and sometimes this will be "in the evening", sometimes not, resulting in "get up" sometimes and in "go to sleep" otherwise.
What you do is "if the time is any time then get up" - but you do not need to refer to the time at all in such a case, because its value would be irrelevant anyways.
I hope this helps.
bakunin