Re: or return problem

On Tue, 2003-10-07 at 16:53, Pat Carmody wrote: > > On Tue, 7 Oct 2003, Curt Zirzow wrote: > > >> function istrue() { > >> return true; > >> } > >> function retor_test() { > >> istrue() or return( "False" ); > >> return "True"; > >> } > > > return (istrue()? 'True': 'False'); > > > >hmm.. less typing, easier to understand and logically readable. > > This doesn't answer the problem because it does not follow the same > logic as the orignial code example. In your example you want to return a > value regardless of what istrue() returns. In my example I only wanted to > return a value if istrue() failed, otherwise I wanted to continue in the > scope of the function. That may not have been obvious because the example > was a little contrived. here you go: if( 'some condition' ) { return 'some value'; } Simple, logical, exactly the way 99.99999% of the population would code what you want. Incidentally I'm beginning to notice that your method even if it worked would not be as lazy as you claim. Contrast: if( !istrue() ) return "False"; return "True"; versus istrue() or return( "False" ); return "True"; Net savings: 1 character. Rob. -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------'