can i haveitem and compare the result in same statement?

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Bugala
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can i haveitem and compare the result in same statement?

Post by Bugala »

What I am doing is following, but is it safe?

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function maybehasargmaybenot(...)
If HaveItem(arg, 0) = true AND if arg[0] = "mytext"
   stuff
else
   otherstuff
endif
endfunction
Possible Problem here is the two IF statements.

If there is arg[0], then there is no problem at all. However, in case there isnt arg[0], which is many times the case in my real code, then I am afraid if there comes a problem.

First it checks if the item exists using "HaveItem", that works fine always, but then comes the AND part, in which it is actually trying the same item as HaveItem just checked, so in case that doesnt exist, that would mean crash.

But how does Hollywood work?

If i Have IF statement of IF state1 AND state2 AND state3 AND state4.

Then does Hollywood check all those state1, state2, state3 and state4, or does Hollywood start by checking first state1, then moving to state2 to state3, to state4?

Or does it do so that it first checks state1, and if state1 fails already, then it never goes on to check state2?

And also, can i trust it will always first check the state1, and not start from state3 for example?
xabierpayet
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Re: can i haveitem and compare the result in same statement?

Post by xabierpayet »

function maybehasargmaybenot(...)
If HaveItem(arg, 0) = true AND arg[0] = "mytext"
stuff
else
otherstuff
endif
endfunction

2 if in the same line?... try only with one, you can use 500 AND/OR if you likes
Bugala
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Re: can i haveitem and compare the result in same statement?

Post by Bugala »

point is not that can i use several IFs with AND, but point is that there are situations when the second IF crashes the program if it is executed. However, this crash situation only happens in situations when first IF fails. Hence I need to know if second IF is ever executed if first IF fails already.
bitRocky
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Re: can i haveitem and compare the result in same statement?

Post by bitRocky »

I did some simple test, and the second statement is only called/checked if needed.

So, if you do something like this:

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If False And TestFunc()
    <do something>
EndIf
The TestFunc() isn't called, because the first part is False and therefore the statement can't be True.

Here is the small test script:

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a = 5
Function Chk()
	DebugPrint("Chk() called")
	Return(True)
EndFunction

DebugPrint("Test1: If ("..a.." = 2) And Chk()")
If (a = 2) And Chk()
	DebugPrint("Yes")
Else
	DebugPrint("No")
Endif

DebugPrint("\nTest2: If ("..a.." = 5) And Chk()")
If (a = 5) And Chk()
	DebugPrint("Yes")
Else
	DebugPrint("No")
Endif
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