Yes, that's what I would have expected but just double checking since someone mentioned otherwise - back to "precedence" versus "evaluation" again I think. Pete Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com>
On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 2:38 PM, Richard Gaskin <ambassa...@fourthworld.com>wrote: > Pete wrote: > > I wrote a couple of functions (condition1 and condition2), each of which >> puts its identity after a script variable named myResult then returns >> true. >> I then wrote the following: >> >> put empty into myResult >> if condition1() is true and condition2() is true then put myResult >> >> As expected, this displayed 12 in the message box. >> >> Then I changed the if statement to : >> >> if condition1() is true and (condition2() is true) then put myResult >> >> The message box still ended up with 12 in it, not 21 as you would expect >> if >> the parens had any effect. Maybe I'm misunderstanding something but it >> doesn't seem like parens have any effect on the order of evaluation. >> > > Parens only affect things within them. They work much like algebra in that > regard. > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World > LiveCode training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com > Webzine for LiveCode developers: http://www.LiveCodeJournal.com > LiveCode Journal blog: > http://LiveCodejournal.com/**blog.irv<http://LiveCodejournal.com/blog.irv> > > > ______________________________**_________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/**mailman/listinfo/use-livecode<http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode> > > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
