[kadamat]

LOL. *whistling sound of bomb dropping* can anyone tell me how to handle a situation where one might want to have multiple options or cases in a logical statement>? If else type stuff.
I have more than two cases though

[Koplaf]

Use the boolean AND/OR statements

[ovigo22]

If (condition) { action } else if (condition) { action } else { action }
Ahh .. stuff like that ..

[Mupolan]

Or switch

[ovigo22]

If ( this || orthis ) { action } else if ( this && andthis ) { action }

[Roombor]

Sounds perfect for switch

[AmeliaR]

kadamat: er... switch/case ?

[kadamat]

So, could it be if (condition) { action } else if (condition) { action } else { action } -------------and then an infinite number of continued else { action } else { action } else { action } ?

[ovigo22]

Yeah .. switch if the LHS of the comparison is always the same
kadamat, no, only one will ever get called

[kadamat]

So switch is better for this?

[ovigo22]

You can have as many 'else if' as you like

[kadamat]

Cool... but it seems like extra keystrokes for a single situation

[ovigo22]

Not necesarily .. switch is good for: if (X =1 ) { action } else if (X = 2) { action } else if (X = 3) {action} else {action} where the LHS of the condition is always the same
(think about multiple 'else' clasuses .. when would any but the first get executed?

[kadamat]

Interesting

[AmeliaR]

ovigo22, heh, well not to get offtrack, but for that I think a for loop would be better :-P

[ovigo22]

Where?

[kadamat]

Well, basically, I have a dropdown menu with four options. I need to set up a statement to handle all four. which would be the coolest/most elegant way to approach this?

[ovigo22]

kadamat,switch would be as the LHS will always be the selectedIndex ..
(object full of functions == perl)

[Gladis]

Perl must die

[kadamat]

Thanks guys. So switch it is!

[Klimapol]

ovigo22, t's also python.
Object full of functions is tasty.

[kadamat]

So, it would be used like: selection = document.frmCheckMe.giveaway.value;
Then switch (selection)
?
Then case "name of item selected" :
Then the stuff I want to happen
Then the next case and so on?

[Gladis]

Ok so...
Http://www.javascriptkit.com/javatutors/switch.shtml

[kadamat]

Ah. ha! Thanks.

[Klimapol]

Gladis, Are the javascript tutors or Java tutors.
?