Switch help

Ok, I'm having a little trouble here. Let's say I want to have an object switch between two functions. When I do it like this, I keep getting the particle effect swirl around the object. I figured it had to do with the state, so I tried doing the switch inside a function...tried switching the state etc. and it does it no matter what I try. Any help would be appreciated.

///////////////////////////////////////
//Script to switch between two things//
///////////////////////////////////////

integer switch = 1; // int switch

one() // first function
{
switch = 2; // switch to two
llSay(0, "Switched to Two.";
}

two() // second function
{
switch = 1; // switch back to one
llSay(0, "Switched to One.";
}



default
{
state_entry()
{
while (TRUE)
{
if (switch = 1) {one();} // if switch is 1, go to function one
if (switch = 2) {two();} // if switch is 2, go to function two
}
}
}

a single equals sign is an assignment operator, to be used like so:

x = 4

a double equals sign is the comparison operator, to be used like so:

if (x == 4)

Soo, if you use if (switch == 1) it should work.

Change "switch = 1" to "switch == 1". = is an assignment operator, == is a comparison operator. Very common mistake.

Also, the particle swirl around an object just indicates that it's saying something.

You may want to try states as well..

default
{
state_entry()
{
llOwnerSay("Hey I'm in the default state.";
}
touch_start(integer param)
{
state notdefault;
}
}

state notdefault
{
state_entry()
{
llOwnerSay("Hey I'm no longer in the default state.";
}
touch_start(integer param)
{
state default;
}

}

The particle effect is being caused by the llSay function.

If you make anything 'speak' aloud with llSay(0,"Insert text here"; it will cause the particle effect. Using a private channel llSay(34,"Insert text etc.... supresses the particles, but you can't hear what it's saying.

Man, if I had a dollar for every time i used = instead of ==.

Wish it was like VB in that it didnt care, if there's an if before the "=" it knows it's a comparison and not an assignment.

But then again, if i had a dollar for everytime I forgot to capitalize something too. Such is life.

That is why I don't like VB because it doesn't care.

Thank you guys so much!