Re: Short writage of clauses

Barry wrote: > Stut schrieb: >> Barry wrote: >>> Well i do know that you can write IF as ( ? : ) but what i am asking >>> about is something like this: >>> >>> if (a = 1 OR a = 2) >> >> I think you mean == not =. > Yeah. sorry ;) >> >>> is it anyway possible to write it like: >>> if (a = 1 OR 2) >>> >>> I know this is wrong because "2" will always be true ... >>> >>> Any infos on that would be nice :) >> >> The only way I know of to do this sort of thing would be... >> >> if (in_array($a, array(1, 2))) > Hmm yes this is actually a shorter way. > > But it has limits hasn't it? > if (in_array(a, array(date("d",time),CONSTANT_NAME,function_call()))) > > Like that > >> >> But it begs the question why you would want to do this? > > Oh, uhm well something like this probably: > If the age of my grandma is as old as the age of the table, lower than > the age the house was build, equal to the summary of ages from the > grandchilds, bigger than 50 but not higher than 70 AND only when she is > as old as me i do have to bake a cookie I find a switch statement sometimes handy for creating a 'truth table' like you describe (I sometimes find it easier to read and/or add 'if' clauses): switch (true) { case ($grandmaAge >= $tableAge): case ($grandmaAge < $houseAge): case ($grandmaAge == array_sum($grandKids)): bakeCookie(); break; default: haveABeer(); watchFootball(); } functionally the above could just as well be an if statement - it's pretty much a question of personal preference. > > Something like that. > >