Scripting Language

Could you please add an ELSEIF or CASE statement to the scripting language? Or possibly even both?

What's wrong with

if (foo) 
{
}
else 
{
  if (bar)
  {
  }
  else 
  {
      if (baz)
      {
      }
      else
      {
      }
   }
}

?

Or the slightly prettier but more error prone

if (foo)
{
   jump end;
}
if (bar)
{
   jump end;
}
if (baz)
{
   jump end;
}
else
{
   jump end;
}

@end

The first example is kind of sloppy and gets kind of hard to read. As for the second example, what happens if more than one of foo, bar, or baz is true? That's fine if you want every one that's true to executed, but with case and elseif, you get to have an order of precidence.

The "jump end; ... @end" lines mean only one of the cases is executed.

of course if you were particularly perverse you could have

if (foo) { }
if (bar && !foo) { }
if (baz && !foo && !bar) { }

(Also, just to stop anyone else pointing it out, I just noticed that my last "jump end;" in the else case is unnecessary)

What's wrong with having a nice language with enough features so that it doesn't have to be obfuscated?

I'm just language-lawyering, pointing out that there are ways to get the same functionality. The more syntax and structures a language has, the more chance there is for ambiguity and "cleverness" (which is bad, as opposed to cleverness, without the quotes, which is good).

However, I do not think adding an elseif would cause the world to end.

On a semi-related note, here is something that might DESTROY THE MIND of any C programmer that dares to gaze upon it

http://catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/Duff's-device.html

Well, elseif should be in the language. Until then, you can get a little closer by using:

if (foo) 
{
}
else 
if (bar)
{
}
else 
if (baz)
{
}
else
{
}

Or you might prefer:

if (foo) 
{
}
else if (bar)
{
}
else if (baz)
{
}
else
{
}

I don't think
if () {} else if() {}
is allowed. I think it has to be
if () {} else {if() {}}

LOL has anyone tried else if ?

It seems since

if (boolean) statement;
else statement; 

works (it does doesn't it? I have been using it....)

then

if (boolean) statement;
else if (boolean) statement;
else if (boolean) statement;
else statement;

should work.

Please never discount the possibility that I'm insane and just makin' stuff up, then believing that it is true.

I have been having trouble with my scripts though, and it could be because I'm using the "if(boolean) statement;" without the {}. Although its more likely because of flawed logic on my end I think.

And I found it! In the cannon script in the LSLR (which I have printed out) ....

if(test ==(key)"cannonball")
   die();

of course back to the subject of the thread ... uh... will find out later today around 4 heh.

In C/C++ if there is more than one line of code inside the if statement, you need the {}. I don't know if you need it in Lscript. Hmm, have to try it tonight.

True but "if(boolean) {.........}" is one statement (in this sense at least) in C/C++/Java. Which is why "else if" works in C/C++ .... if 'else' it does the following 'if' statement, same as if it said 'else exit();'