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Re: Back to Basics - IF statements

From Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk>
Newsgroups comp.programming
Subject Re: Back to Basics - IF statements
Date 2016-01-19 07:14 +0000
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On 19/01/16 04:34, LinuxNext wrote:
> 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.

Yes, it does.

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

As the OP says, "The variable (id) is only going to be equal to one of 
the five each time it reaches this point" - so I have a pre-condition on 
which I am allowed to rely. Nevertheless:

id < 1 || id > 5 || (set $piece(^|"app"|global("index"),"^",id * 2 - 1) 
= $horolog)

will add the range check for you. Less elegant, of course.

-- 
Richard Heathfield
Email: rjh at cpax dot org dot uk
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Back to Basics - IF statements mack.altmaniii@gmail.com - 2016-01-18 07:18 -0800
  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
          Re: Back to Basics - IF statements Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2016-01-21 08:53 -0800
  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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