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DaveWortley
02-11-2009, 10:17 AM
a = 1.5
if (1 < a < 2) == true then
(
print "result"
)

For some reason I always get stuck with If statements in maxscript. How do I make this work?
groutcho
02-11-2009, 10:28 AM
if (a > 1 AND a < 2) then ...

You don't need true/false evaluation
Gravey
02-11-2009, 10:35 AM
i'm pretty sure maxscript sees that code like this:

1. 1 < 1.5 -- evaluates to true, now i can take this new data and move on:
2. true < 2 -- WTF i'm confused so i'll throw an appropriate error: No ""<"" function for true

you need to say: 1 < a AND a < 2

EDIT: too quick groutcho, and yes you dont need to compare to true because the result of comparing the numbers will always be a boolean
DaveWortley
02-11-2009, 10:44 AM
Cheers guys, this also appears to work.

if (a > 1) == true and (a < 2) == true then
Piflik
02-11-2009, 11:38 AM
Yeah, but as groutcho and Gravey said, the '== true' is completely redundant.
groutcho
02-11-2009, 11:52 AM
the expression a > 1 is evaluated as a block and its value is replaced by TRUE or FALSE as soon it is evaluated, so
if (a > 1 AND a < 2) then...
is interpreted by the computer as :
if (TRUE AND TRUE) then...
so if you write

if (a > 1 == TRUE AND a < 2 == TRUE) then...
it is like
if (TRUE == TRUE AND TRUE == TRUE) then...
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