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Re: Back to Basics - IF statements

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Richard Heathfield wrote:


>> if (id = 1) {
>> set $piece(^|"app"|global("index"),"^",1)=$horolog
>> } elseif (id = 2) {
>> set $piece(^|"app"|global("index"),"^",3)=$horolog
>> } elseif (id = 3) {
>> set $piece(^|"app"|global("index"),"^",5)=$horolog
>> } elseif (id = 4) {
>> set $piece(^|"app"|global("index"),"^",7)=$horolog
>> } elseif (id = 5) {
>> set $piece(^|"app"|global("index"),"^",9)=$horolog
>> }
> 
> set $piece(^|"app"|global("index"),"^",id * 2 - 1) = $horolog
> 

While elegant, your solution does not behave as the original code.

The original would only set $piece if id was in the range of 1-5.

Your code will set $piece for any value of id without checking.

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  Re: Back to Basics - IF statements Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-01-18 15:24 +0000
    Re: Back to Basics - IF statements Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2016-01-18 23:29 +0000
    Re: Back to Basics - IF statements LinuxNext <nobody@nospam.net> - 2016-01-18 20:34 -0800
      Re: Back to Basics - IF statements Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-01-19 07:14 +0000
        Re: Back to Basics - IF statements Jim Lee_0 <jlee54@gmail.com> - 2016-01-21 00:44 -0800
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  Re: Back to Basics - IF statements John McCue <jmccue@jmcnet1.bstnma.east.verizon.net> - 2016-01-18 22:26 +0000
    Re: Back to Basics - IF statements Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-01-18 22:33 +0000
  Re: Back to Basics - IF statements BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-01-19 13:11 +0000

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