# Branching Branching allows your flows to make decisions based on conditions, directing execution along different paths depending on the given input. The **`If`** node is commonly used for this purpose, allowing you to define logic where execution follows one path if a condition is met and another if it is not.

1. **Generating a Value:** In the example above, the `Random` node produces a number between `0` and `10`, which is sent to the `If` node. 2. **Evaluating a Condition:** The `If` node checks if the value is greater than `5` using the `predicate` input. 3. **Branching Execution:** If true, execution follows the `then` path; if false, it follows the `else` path. 4. **Logging the Result:** One of the `Log` nodes prints either **“Value is large”** or **“Value is small”** based on the condition. There are several other branching nodes, wich support various use-cases: * [**Std Switch**](https://docs.midio.com/midio-docs/built-in-nodes/core-std#switch) **- is used to select one of two values based in two potentially incoming paths** * [**Std OrElse**](https://docs.midio.com/midio-docs/built-in-nodes/core-std#orelse) **- is used to select a fallback value when you have a value which can potentially be null.** * [**Std Match**](https://docs.midio.com/midio-docs/built-in-nodes/core-std#match) **- is used to create an arbitrary number of branches based on a list of potential values.** * [**Std Fork**](https://docs.midio.com/midio-docs/built-in-nodes/core-std#fork)**/**[**Std FanOutRange**](https://docs.midio.com/midio-docs/built-in-nodes/core-std#fanoutrange)**/**[**Std FanOutList**](https://docs.midio.com/midio-docs/built-in-nodes/core-std#fanoutlist) **- these nodes can be used to fork a flow into multiple independenc processes, which execute concurrently and can be joined together again using Std Join and** [**Std JoinAll**](https://docs.midio.com/midio-docs/built-in-nodes/core-std#joinall)**.**