[SOLVED]A Switch/Select Case For VEX?

[Atom]

Hi All,

 

I am wondering if VEX has the equivalent of the C style switch statement, or an IFELSE?

 

Basically I am running into a small problem with just using IF statements only.

 

Consider code...

if (s@state_current == "attack") {
    // Should I switch to defend?
    float decide = rand(i@id+current_time+ch("rand_seed"));
    if (decide > f@sf_defend_chance) {
        printf("Switching from ATTACK to DEFEND for id#%d.\n", i@id);
        // Switching to defend mode.
        i@crowdtrigger_attack_defend = 1;
        s@state_current == "defend";
    }
}
if (s@state_current == "defend") {
    // Should I switch to attack?
    float decide = rand(i@id+@Frame+ch("rand_seed"));
    if (decide > f@sf_attack_chance) {
        printf("Switching from DEFEND to ATTACK for id#%d.\n", i@id);
        // Switching to attack mode.
        i@crowdtrigger_defend_attack = 1;
        s@state_current == "attack";
    }
}

In this case, if I am attacking and I randomly switch back to defend when I drop out of that 1st IF statement there is still a random chance that I could actually flip-flop back to attack again, which I don't want to ever happen.

 

If only VEX had a switch or select case or something...?

Edited September 26, 2015 by Atom

[JonathanGranskg]

You can use:

if (condition)
 {
    do something
}
 else if (condition) 
{
    do something else
}

It works the same way.

[Guest mantragora]

http://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini14.0/vex/statement

[Atom]

Thanks, I missed the ELSE IF when reading over the docs.