If Statement In Text Node?

[user_deleted]

thanks

[deke-kincaid]

You have to tell it what node your grabbing that xPan and yPan from. Like for example Move2d1.xPan.

Without that clarification your expression is only looking inside the current node and there is no xPan or yPan in a text node.

[user_deleted]

That's right, you'll have to reference the container node for the variable you're calling if it's not within the same node.

But, other than that, you should check the syntax for that 'if' statement - having a look at the manual would also help a lot -

Anyway, your statement should look like this:

ContainerNode.yPan==10?100:ContainerNode.yPan==20?200:300

Hope that helps.

[user_deleted]

it isnt C++ it is expression language.

Try the following:
CODE
ifCondition?thenDoThis:elseDoThis

eg. CODE
Pan1 = Pan(0, time, xPan==10?100:200, 0, 0.5, 0)

surprisingly enough its all there for you in a very useful doccument known as the shake user manual.

[user_deleted]

the ifCondition?thenDoThis:elseDoThis expression is good, but it only provide 2 option, either this or that.
however, if () {do this} else if () {do this} else if {do this} else {do this } has far more options than just 2.
if i need say 10 options, then if () {} is much simple faster than the ifCondition?thenDoThis:elseDoThis .

the manual did mentioned the if () {else} command, but not mentioned how i could use it as expression in the parameter.

thanks

[user_deleted]

Page 941 - Conditional Expressions. Your confusion stems from the fact that there are two ways of creating an if/then/else is shake. The expression language method goes inside nodes while the C++ method goes inside macros and shake scripts.

If you want multiple else conditions you can do the following
CODE
ifCondition1?thenDoThis:ifCondition2?thenDoThis:elseDoThis
Ie. Nest multiple IF expressions inside eachother.

[user_deleted]

QUOTE(bluepixel @ 04/22/06, 02:04 PM) [snapback]235089[/snapback]
ContainerNode.yPan==10?100:ContainerNode.yPan==20?200:300

The example in my previous reply has actually 3 statements. Did you even try it at all???

[user_deleted]

hey

it's a very common mistake to write assignement
if(a=B)
instead of a boolean condition
if(a==B)

By the way the short condition:then?else syntax work in C and C++ too, it's not shake specific.. But it's not a requierement, it's just nicer to write short code