conditional statements and dating sim structure

[REDREDSWAP]

i'm having trouble using if statements (or something else more suitable) to queue conditional events correctly in my game.

to give context, this is how events in my game are structured. (thanks to philat!!!) -> /viewtopic.php?t=51050

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default city_convo = 0 # use variable to track how  many city conversations have been seen

label start:
    menu schedule:
        "What should I do?"
        "Go on a date":
            pass
        "Walk around the city":
            jump city_convos
        "Go shopping":
            pass

label city_convos:
    $ city_convo += 1 # add to the variable
    jump expression "city_convo" + str(city_convo) # jump to city_convo1, city_convo2, etc.

label city_convo1:
    "First"
    jump schedule # return to loop

label city_convo2:
    "Second"
    jump schedule
    
# and so on and so forth

for example, an afternoon event is to talk to a friend. each conversations are different for each time the player decide to choose that afternoon event in, so they follow a specific order. my features that structure for afternoon and evening events.

what i want to do is. depending on the player's choices, there should be a specific scene at the end of day four after the evening event. thus, having variables day=4 and cominghome=True should jump to the label day4event after the evening event on day.

however, i have no idea on how to queue the day4event after the evening event on day 4. should i program my planner another way, or maybe it can work with if and elif statements placed properly?

[philat]

I mean... what's wrong with

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if day==4 and coming home:
    jump day4event

?

[REDREDSWAP]

I mean... what's wrong with

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if day==4 and coming home:
    jump day4event

?

oh! however, day4event has to run especially after the evening event (right before day 5) chosen by the player on day 4 (there's three options available). so, it gets a little confusing as to where i should put that part of the code.

[philat]

I mean, there are better ways to do it, but like just putting the check after all three events to brute force it or jumping to a check label would both work fine.