Better usage of if() statement?

ID:163149
 
Oct 3 2007, 4:37 pm
Is there any better way todo the following then how I have done it?

if(Action == ">=")
    if(FirstVar >= SecondVar){Then = 1;Else = 0}
    else{Then = 0;Else = 1}
if(Action == "<=")
    if(FirstVar <= SecondVar){Then = 1;Else = 0}
    else{Then = 0;Else = 1}
if(Action == ">")
    if(FirstVar > SecondVar){Then = 1;Else = 0}
    else{Then = 0;Else = 1}
if(Action == "<")
    if(FirstVar < SecondVar){Then = 1;Else = 0}
    else{Then = 0;Else = 1}
if(Action == "==")
    if(FirstVar == SecondVar){Then = 1;Else = 0}
    else{Then = 0;Else = 1}
if(Action == "!=")
    if(FirstVar != SecondVar){Then = 1;Else = 0}
    else{Then = 0;Else = 1}


Thanks!
Oct 3 2007, 4:41 pm
Firstly, why do you need a 'then' and an 'else' variable? Won't else always be equivalent to !then?

Furthermore, I suggest you look into 'switch()'.
Oct 5 2007, 6:14 pm
In response to Jp
Jp wrote:
Firstly, why do you need a 'then' and an 'else' variable? Won't else always be equivalent to !then?

Furthermore, I suggest you look into 'switch()'.
switch(Action)
    if(">=")
        if(FirstVar >= SecondVar){Then = 1;Else = 0;continue}
        Then = 0;Else = 0
    if("<=")
        if(FirstVar <= SecondVar){Then = 1;Else = 0;continue}
        Then = 0;Else = 0
    if(">")
        if(FirstVar > SecondVar){Then = 1;Else = 0;continue}
        Then = 0;Else = 0
    if("<")
        if(FirstVar < SecondVar){Then = 1;Else = 0;continue}
        Then = 0;Else = 0
    if("==")
        if(FirstVar == SecondVar){Then = 1;Else = 0;continue}
        Then = 0;Else = 0
    if("!=")
        if(FirstVar != SecondVar){Then = 1;Else = 0;continue}
        Then = 0;Else = 0

/dm>

Because Then and Else can be equal to numbers larger then 1, and the value does matter. Unfortunatly the variable is needed outside of iteration loop, so i can not simply redefine the variables at the begining of the loop.