Re: Match 'if' Condition and Do Nothing
Re: Match 'if' Condition and Do Nothing
- Subject: Re: Match 'if' Condition and Do Nothing
- From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2003 11:32:50 -0800
On 12/20/03 10:41 AM, "Marconi" <email@hidden> wrote:
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In an 'if' statement, I want to check for one of three conditions. To
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keep things efficient I want to check in order from the most likely
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condition to the least likely condition. If the most likely condition
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is present, I want to do nothing. Only the other two conditions
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require action. Is the following the correct syntax for this?
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if theCondition is MostLikely then -- do nothing but exit the 'if'
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else if theCondition is LessLikely then
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Do some stuff
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else if theCondition is LeastLikely then
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do some different stuff
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end if
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Is this the correct syntax -- just follow 'then' on the first line
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with 'else if' on the next?
You can do that. But it's it's simpler just to do this:
if theCondition is LessLikely then
Do some stuff
else if theCondition is LeastLikely then
do some different stuff
end if
as you can see, if the theCondition is MostLikely then nothing else happens,
which is what you want.
--
Paul Berkowitz
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