quick question re: if/else condition

noob question here:

I'm basically tying to write a state where:

when the state is entered say something then
if the object is touched
then the object says something
else if something is said in chat
then the object returns to the default state.

so far I've written:

state_entry()
{

llWhisper(0, ""; //verify mode is ON

}
***if (touch_start(integer num_detected))

llWhisper(0, "TRACK 1 ON QUE" //que track
}
else if (message == "RESTART"
{
state default; //return to default state
}

but I get an error here (***)

can anyone give me a hand?

you can't have code outside of events, all code must be inside a custom function or inside an event that is also inside of a state. (exceptions for comments and global variables only)

so your code should look like this

default
{
  //-- other event code here
}

state some_other_state
{
  state_entry()
  {
    llWhisper(0, ""; //verify mode is ON
    //-- and you need to set up a llListen call here
  }

  touch_start(integer num_detected)
  {
    llWhisper(0, "TRACK 1 ON QUE"; //que track
  }

  listen( vIntChannel, string vStrName, key vKeySpeaker, string message)
  {
    if (message == "RESTART"
    {
      state default; //return to default state
    }
  }
}

you may want to browse through https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/LSL_Portal there are some tutorials on the left, and there are listings of events and what they do linked from the top bar

Thanks!