Numeric Options [Solved]

[Skiegh]

Hello there once again.

This time I need help figuring out exactly how you go about making alternate routes depending on a numeric value that has been increasing or decreasing depending on previous actions. My attempts at doing so have resulted in nothing ideal, to the say least.

Example of what I need is:

Let's say...

-Anything 25 or greater goes on this path.
-Anything equal to or less than (or I suppose greater than) -25, goes on this path.
-Anything between 25 and -25 goes on this path.

That's essentially what I am trying to do. However, regardless of values, it seems to want to go on wrong paths. Any help on the code necessary for the above would be really helpful. I assume I am just using Or and And statement incorrectly but I could be wrong.

Thanks in advance.

[kankan]

Try using if statements:

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if myvalue >= 25:
    jump path1

elif myvalue <= -25:
    jump path2

else:
    jump path3

[Skiegh]

Try using if statements:

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if myvalue >= 25:
    jump path1

elif myvalue <= -25:
    jump path2

else:
    jump path3

That had the desired effect, thank you. (I was close, I just didn't know about that elif statement, which I assume is short for ElseIf. Useful to know!)

Wouldn't mind knowing how to actually use an And statement for a similar solution just to know for future reference however. Say instead of just the else statement for the third option, it wanted to dictate exactly that you were above -25 and below 25, how would I code that exactly? I like to know these things so I don't have to pry for more information.

[kankan]

Yeah, Python's elseif clause is a little weird... If you want the third option to be both of the previous two, you'd have to put that as the first if (otherwise Python will just see that the variable fits the first, more general condition and ignore the specific one you want). So something like this:

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if a >= 25 and b <= -25:
    jump somewhere

elif a >= 25:
    jump somewhereelse

elif b <= -25:
    jump anotherplace

else:
    jump lastresort

The "and" statement will work pretty much as you expect it to. Same goes for "or" and "not."