ORing a detectedName

I am trying to have a script do a if statement that compares the llDetectedName two 2 hardcoded names.

I have
if (llDetectedName(i) == "first1 last1" || "first2 last2" )
{
}

This thould work as I understand it.

if I take out the OR and the second name it compiles fine.

What you have is basically:

if ( (llDetectedName(i) == "first1 last1") || "first2 last2" ) {
    // ok
}

The result of || is true or false depending on the true/false value of its operands, so using parentheses to make it ("first1 last1" || "first2 last2" wouldn't do what you want either.

What you want is something like:

if ( (llDetectedName(i) == "first1 last1") || (llDetectedName(i) == "first2 last2") ) { 
    // ok
}

Another, more flexible way to do it, uses llListFindList:

if ( llListFindList(["first1 last1", "first2 last2"], [llDetectedName(i)]) != -1 ) {
    // ok
}

You could then move the list to a variable at the top of your script to make it easier to change, easier to drop into other scripts, and easier to change within the script (for example with a voice command) if you decide you want to do that someday:

list    ALLOWED_NAMES = ["first1 last1", "first2 last2"];
// ...
if ( llListFindList(ALLOWED_NAMES, [llDetectedName(i)]) != -1 ) {
    // ok
}

yeah I know about using the list option.

but I wanted to have just 2 names and figured it a waste.


but thanks again.

this will run faster and save bytecode (at the expense of some memory)

string name = llDetectedName(i);
if (name == "first1 last1" || name  == "first2 last2" )
{
    
}