I was thinking of doing a switch version, so thanks! On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 11:54 AM, Ken Ray <k...@sonsothunder.com> wrote:
> > local baseID > > > > function baseID newID > > put iff(validID(newID),newID, \ > > iff(validID(baseID), baseID,"this card")) into baseID > > return baseID > > end baseID3 > > Of course you could reduce it one step further: > > function baseID newID > return iff(validID(newID),newID, \ > iff(validID(baseID), baseID,"this card")) > end baseID3 > > I use a similar inline "switch": > > put stsSwitch(the > platform,"MacOS=Finder","Win32=Explorer","*=Desktop") into tReference > > easier/shorter then: > > switch (the platform) > case "MacOS" > put "Finder" into tReference > break > case "Win32" > put "Explorer" into tReference > break > default > put "Desktop" into tReference > break > end switch > > > For anyone interested, here’s the code: > > function stsSwitch > -- does a quick inline switch/case; separate multiple matches with a > comma > -- param 1 is <checkValue> > -- params 2+ is in the form <matchValue(s)>=<returnValue>; if there is a > match to one > -- or more items in <matchValue(s)>, return <returnValue> > -- otherwise empty is returned (unless a matchValue is "*", in which > case return the associated value) > put param(1) into tCheckValue > set the itemDel to "=" > put "" into tDefault > repeat with x = 2 to the paramCount > put param(x) into tCheck > put item 1 of tCheck into tMatch > put item 2 of tCheck into tRetVal > replace "," with "=" in tMatch > if tCheckValue is among the items of tMatch then return tRetVal > if tMatch = "*" then > if tRetVal = "*" then > put tCheckValue into tDefault > else > put tRetVal into tDefault > end if > end if > end repeat > return tDefault > end stsSwitch > > :D > > Ken Ray > Sons of Thunder Software, Inc. > Email: k...@sonsothunder.com > <applewebdata://52553A11-C1AF-4926-9DEF-C77D655DC26B/k...@sonsothunder.com > > > Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ <http://www.sonsothunder.com/> > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
