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[Mikael]

OK, this is really basic, and I'm kind of embarrassed for asking it, but here goes:

Let's say that I want different things to happen when I left click a certain region entity, depending on which value the variable "myvariable" is set to. I have no problems with the if...else statements, as long as there are only two conditions involved, but trying to use more conditions only makes me confused.

I've tried this:

global myvariable;

on "LeftClick"
{
  if(myvariable==1) Game.ChangeScene("scenes\scene1\scene1.scene");
  if(myvariable==2) Game.ChangeScene("scenes\scene2\scene2.scene");
  if(myvariable==3) Game.ChangeScene("scenes\scene3\scene3.scene");
  else Game.ChangeScene("scenes\scene0\scene0.scene");
}


It doesn't work at all, off course. How the heck should I code this?

Regards,

Mikael

[Mikael]

I got it!

on "LeftClick"
{
  if(myvariable==1) Game.ChangeScene("scenes\scene1\scene1.scene");
  else if(myvariable==2) Game.ChangeScene("scenes\scene2\scene2.scene");
  else if(myvariable==3) Game.ChangeScene("scenes\scene3\scene3.scene");
  else Game.ChangeScene("scenes\scene0\scene0.scene");
}

Right? Please correct me if I'm still doing something stupid here.

Thanks,

Mikael

[metamorphium]

Hi Mikael,

consider using switch instead. It would definitely look cleaner.

on "LeftClick"
{
   switch (myvariable)
   {
       case 1:
         Game.ChangeScene("scenes\scene1\scene1.scene");
         break;
       case 2:
         Game.ChangeScene("scenes\scene2\scene2.scene");
         break;
       case 3:
         Game.ChangeScene("scenes\scene3\scene3.scene");
         break;
      default:
         Game.ChangeScene("scenes\scene0\scene0.scene");
   }
}

Hope this helps.

[adonf]

Your solution in "if ... else if ... else if ... else if ... else" would have worked too. But, yes, using a "switch case" statement is cleaner

[Mikael]

That's interesting. Thanks Metamorphium and Adonf. Is there somewhere I get get more information about coding like this?

Mikael

[TheDerman]

You say it's cleaner, and I take that to mean it involves less overall code writing, but is there really any advantage to using switch instead of if...else...if...?

Does it improve performance or anything like that?

[Mnemonic]

You say it's cleaner, and I take that to mean it involves less overall code writing, but is there really any advantage to using switch instead of if...else...if...?

Does it improve performance or anything like that?

It's really just about readibility of the code. Readable code = maintainable code.