c++ - Change .exe with hexeditor -

i wrote little program in c++:

#include <iostream>  int main() {     int input;      std::cin >> input;      if(input == 5){         std::cout << "input == 5";     }     else{         std::cout << "input != 5";     }      return 0; } 

i have built program. working program in release folder. want change if statement, without changing c++ code. downloaded hex editor , opened file. inside .exe lot. googled problem , found nice image:

i searched inside hex editor output input == 5. found it. when change different , execute file, program displays new entered message, not old one.

but want change structure of code (the if statement). searched if, didn't find anything. so, code section (image)?

c++ high-level language. written in "source" (plain text, i.e. if ( ... )), , compiler translates machine code.

machine code different, low-level language. one, c++ "if ... else", machine code "conditional branch instruction", (sequence of) specific byte values, i.e. see in hex editor. "if" no longer exists.

the specific command set, , byte values representing commands, differ cpu family cpu family.

if really interested in machine code, check out the art of assembly language programming randy hyde. has very introduction x86 assembly , machine code.

generally speaking, though, won't need more token knowledge of asm / machine code, since subject pops rather seldom on professional level, unless working on operating systems , / or device drivers (and of time not then).