Hey all -
I seem to remember this topic from a long time ago but can't find
anything in the archives (lingo-l or direct-l), and of course, not
knowing the name of what I'm looking for doesn't help. :)
What I remember was an 'if/then/else' approach which could be used in a
single line of code, and I can't remember whether it was usable in lingo
or only other ('real') languages. An example might be:
For example: pretend we want to return a percentage, and we have a score
and the total. If the total is 0, we want to avoid a divide by zero so
we might do the following:
return (total=0: 0) ? (a>0: score/total)
ie: return the percentage if total is > 0, or just return 0 if total =
0.
I realize this could be done with:
if (total > 0) then
dpercent = score/total
else
dpercent = 0
end if
return dpercent
I'm just looking for a more compact, more 'elegant' solution. I also
understand this is really a minor point. :)
Kendall
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