I apologize... I think it does in fact work for ||... I found error in the first logical term I had thought was evaluating to true... Thanks for the responses!
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Gordon Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I tried || and it short-circuits for me. Please post a complete miniapp > with a case that doesn't work. > > - Gordon > > ________________________________ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Troy Gilbert > Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 9:49 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Short-circuiting logical operators in AS3? > > > > Yeah, it definitely works for &&, I depend on it all the time. Not sure > if I've specifically tried it with || though... > > Troy. > > > > On 12 Apr 2007 09:43:36 -0700, Alex Harui <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > I know it works for && > > ________________________________ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf > Of jandersen1978 > Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 8:58 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [flexcoders] Short-circuiting logical operators in AS3? > > > > > I'm fairly new to AS3 coming from a javascript background. I > noticed > that I get an error when running the if statement below because > "dataProvider[i].data" doesn't exist. > > if ( true || val == dataProvider[i].data) { > selectedIndex = i; > return; > } > > In javascript the double OR operator (||) "short-circuits" such > that > it wouldn't evaluate the second part of the term in the if > expression > after finding the first term true. This doesn't seem to be the > case > with AS3. Does AS3 support short circuiting logical operator? Is > there another way to get short-circuiting statements in AS3? (I > know > I could rewrite the If statement as a two nested ifs...) > anything I'm > missing as a newcomer? This is not a big deal of course, just > curious... >
