Else if logic problem

[beta 0]

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">if (isServer) then

{ //server

[] execVM "scripts\main_thread_server.sqf";

if (!(isNull player)) then

{ //server-client

[] execVM "scripts\main_thread_client.sqf";

}

}

else

{ //client

if (isNull player) then

{ //JIP-client

[] spawn { waitUntil { !(isNull player) };

[] execVM "scripts\main_thread_client.sqf";

}

[] execVM "scripts\main_thread_client.sqf";

};

I have this code running in the init.sqf.

Gives me an error, missing a "}" after the { under the else.

Not sure what is wrong here ...

Any ideas?

Edit: And yes, I just noticed that if the player is a JIP-client, the main_thread_client.sqf will be execVM'd twice

[Linker Split 0]

try to add a ; after the closed bracket of the IF THEN part:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">else

{ //client

if (isNull player) then

{ //JIP-client

[] spawn { waitUntil { !(isNull player) };

[] execVM "scripts\main_thread_client.sqf";

};

[] execVM "scripts\main_thread_client.sqf";

};

OH! WAIT!

When you execute the first IF, I see that you use a THEN, but after that you close all the brackets...

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">if (isServer) then

{ //server

[] execVM "scripts\main_thread_server.sqf";

if (!(isNull player)) then

{ //server-client

[] execVM "scripts\main_thread_client.sqf";

}

}

else

try to take out the last closed } so to obtain:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">if (isServer) then

{ //server

[] execVM "scripts\main_thread_server.sqf";

if (!(isNull player)) then

{ //server-client

[] execVM "scripts\main_thread_client.sqf";

}

else

{

//client

if (isNull player) then

{ //JIP-client

[] spawn { waitUntil { !(isNull player) };

[] execVM "scripts\main_thread_client.sqf";

}

[] execVM "scripts\main_thread_client.sqf";

};

};

[beta 0]

Quote[/b] ]try to add a ; after the closed bracket of the IF THEN part:

Trying this, I get an error: missing ";" after the opening "{" of the else.

Quote[/b] ]try to take out the last closed } so to obtain:

Trying this, I get an error: missing "}" after the opening "{" of the first if.

I've read over the biki page on if then else, from what I read there, this should be working ...

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki....tements

It's probably something incredible stupid .... usually is

[Rastavovich 0]

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">

if (isServer) then {

 //server

 [] execVM "scripts\main_thread_server.sqf";

 if (!(isNull player)) then {

   //server-client

   [] execVM "scripts\main_thread_client.sqf";

 };

} else {

 //client

 if (isNull player) then {

   //JIP-client

   [] spawn { waitUntil { !(isNull player) };};

 };

 [] execVM "scripts\main_thread_client.sqf";

};

might or might not work

Edit: several formating issues

[beta 0]

Okay. Figured it out. As predicted, quite stupid mistake.

The if then else works right.

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">if (isServer) then

{ //server

[] execVM "scripts\main_thread_server.sqf";

if (!(isNull player)) then

{ //server-client

[] execVM "scripts\main_thread_client.sqf";

};

}

else

{ //client

if (isNull player) exitWith

{ //JIP-client

[] spawn { waitUntil { !(isNull player) }; };

[] execVM "scripts\main_thread_client.sqf";

};

[] execVM "scripts\main_thread_client.sqf";

};

Is the code that works.

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">[] spawn { waitUntil { !(isNull player) }; };

This was the line with the error, I was missing the spawn's closing bracket.

I guess it's time to enable my IDE's "auto-close bracket" feature

Thanks for the help Linker Split!

[Taurus 20]

Sorry for necromancing this thread.

I want todo this:(java style)

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">

if(rofl){

    //Do something.

}else if(!rofl){

    //Do something else.

}else{

    //Above failed, do this.

}

I have tried with various "sqf" syntaxes, but I can't get it to work without failing with "expected code blablablah"

like

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">

if(rofl) then {

    //Do something.

}else if (!rofl) then {

    //Do something else.

}else{

    //Above failed, do this.

};

This doesn't work.

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">

if(rofl) then {

    //Do something.

}else{

    if (!rofl) then {

         //Do something else.

    };

}else{

    //Above failed, do this.

};

Doesn't work either.

In short.

I want to check two values, if none of them is true, I want to do something else.

a "switch do" thingy wouldn't work in this case as the check value isn't a predefined variable

Any assistance would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

[kronzky 5]

Your abstract example doesn't make much sense...

"rofl" can either be true or false, but there wouldn't be a third alternative. (But I assume that that's just a matter of picking a bad example.)

If I go by your description of the problem ("I want to check two values, if none of them is true, I want to do something else."), I would suggest something like this: <table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">if ((a==1) && (b==2)) then {

  // do something

} else {

 // do something else

};

[Taurus 20]

Sorry for not posting the best example.

Thanks for answering.

So basically an:

if

else if

else

as the "java example" above doesn't work?

I can not find the .sqf file where I started to code this

But I'm pretty certain I wanted something which required the if-else if, else statment.

Nevermind I'll work around that, adopting it to ArmA scripting.

Offtopic:

For the ones it might concern, "I'm back!"

I was getting tired of all games I was playing, I got stuck in the MMO-swamp.

And a while back I thought "Hey, what about looking into the games you played before? like ArmA.

I found out about the "Warfare" mod and read the patch notes for 1.14 and I was pleased.

I persuaded my friends to buy ArmA and Queens Gambit.

Yet to determine if the AI vs night missions has been fixed tho' something which I'm testing now.

I like night missions but did not approve on the 1.05-1.08:ish "accuracy" where the AI found me at night.

[snkman 351]

Try this:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">

if(rofl) then

{

//Do something.

}

else

{

if (!rofl) then

{

//Do something else.

}

else

{

//Above failed, do this.

};

};

[Namikaze 0]

You have to nest the "if" statement from the "else if" (OOP-style).  In a lot of Object-oriented Programming languages, "else if" is used instead of an "else" followed by a nested "if" but that's not the case here (presumably) because scripting != programming.

So write it like this:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">

if (expression) then

{

 ...statements...;

}               // note the lack of semicolon

else

{

 if (expression) then

 {

   ...statements...;

 }             // note the lack of semicolon

 else (expression) then

 {

   if (expression) then

   {

     ...statements...;

   }           // note the lack of semicolon

 }

};              // note the semicolon