That's totally acceptable. Thank you!!
On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 9:18 AM, John Wagenleitner <
john.wagenleit...@gmail.com> wrote:
> How about
>
> if (!doSomething()) return false
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 7:00 AM, Guy Matz <guym...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Right! This is what I'm trying to do, but in a more concise way . . .
>> any thoughts anyone?
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 8:43 PM, J. David Beutel <l...@getsu.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I guess OP wants to do:
>>>
>>> if (!doSomething()) {
>>> return false
>>> }
>>>
>>> I don't know any groovy way to do that, though.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2017-07-17 15:21 , John Wagenleitner wrote:
>>>
>>> Since the `||` operator expects an expression a return statement is not
>>> valid there. If the goal is to call the method `doSomething()` and then
>>> return false, then both can be put on separate lines or a semicolon can be
>>> used to separate the statements to keep it a one-liner, e.g.,
>>> `doSomething(); return false`.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 5:24 PM, Guy Matz <guym...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks so much for the reply! I'm not trying to do this, though: ||
>>>> false
>>>>
>>>> I'm trying to do this: || return false
>>>>
>>>> Is there a more groovy way?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 5:06 PM, John Wagenleitner <
>>>> john.wagenleit...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> That is not a valid start of an expression which is expected for the
>>>>> binary expression (expr || expr) so that's why it wont compile. I am not
>>>>> familiar with Scriptler and it is hard to tell without some more context,
>>>>> but how about just:
>>>>>
>>>>> doSomething()
>>>>>
>>>>> You can simplify by dropping the `|| false`. If that's the last line
>>>>> in a boolean returning method/context it will return true if doSomething()
>>>>> returns a non-null/non-zero/non-false value, else false. Otherwise you
>>>>> could coerce the value to a boolean with:
>>>>>
>>>>> doSomething() as boolean
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 1:18 PM, Guy Matz <guym...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello!
>>>>>> I'm trying to do the following in scriptler (Jenkins), but I can't
>>>>>> get this to work:
>>>>>> doSomething() || return false
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This fails in scripler with:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Execution of script [promoteBuild.groovy] failed -
>>>>>> org.codehaus.groovy.control.MultipleCompilationErrorsException: startup
>>>>>> failed:
>>>>>> Script1.groovy: 51: unexpected token: return @ line 51, column 85.
>>>>>> doSomething() || return fal
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Anyone know why this seemingly valid groovy does not work in scriptler?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> P.S. - I asked the jenkins community but no one responded
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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