Hi,
> That's all well enough, but I'm having trouble seeing how to
> use this eye pleasing space saver to handle something like this:
>
> If x = 5 then
> y = 10
> else
> whatever
> end if
What I am about to show you is not good coding but it works:
y = -10 * (x = 5)
If y = 0 Then
MsgBox "else condition fired"
End If
The first line takes advantage of the fact that VB evaluates "True" as -1.
This is bad programming, because the next programmer who comes along and
reads it will be scratching their head all day trying to figure out what it
does or why it was written that way.
That said, there are times when such shortcuts are necessary in embedded
languages (like SQL) where it might not be optimal or even possible to
spread the logic over more than one statement.
In VB there is no excuse.
Adelle.
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