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Re: tildewasaquestionmark

• Posted by Andy Kurnia <akur at DELOS.COM> Jun 25, 1998
• 782 views

>Date:    Wed, 24 Jun 1998 22:38:12 -0400
>From:    Robert B Pilkington <bpilkington at JUNO.COM>
>Subject: Re: To David, Ralf (3), Lewis, Joe (2),
>         but all may read (Rob Craig should)
>
>Well, let's see, I think that means:
>
>atom x
>if sequence(a) then
>    x = length(a)
>else
>    x = 1
>end if
>? x

    Correct.

>So that means we can have a function! :)
>
>global function tildewasquestionmark(atom boolean, object o1, object o2)
>    -- If boolean is true then return o1, otherwise return o2, and
>    -- it's only 4 or 5 statements! :) (Dunno if 'else' is counted.)
>    if boolean then
>        return o1
>    else
>        return o2
>    end if
>end function

    if boolean then  return o1  end if  return o2 --> no else for sure

>? tildewasquestionmark(sequence(a), length(a), 1)

    BOOM! this produces an error since you can't call iif(0, ERROR, 1).

    Tried before replying? 

>(You may want to change the function name to something a little more
>understandable... :) Although the current method is probably more
>understandable than what it was.. ;)

    I prefer iif (Immediate IF). Taken from Visual Basic, not C.