flash actionscript: i have a conditional statement the requires "if (condition) and (condition)
then (result) end if"

This statement obviously doesn't work, but it shows what i'm going for. are
there any other ways of creating this logic statement?

if (x=0) and (y>0) {
dropbit=1
} else {
dropbit=0
}

nevermind. this works.

if (x=0) && (y>0) {
dropbit=1
} else {
dropbit=0

if( x == 0 and y > 0 ) {

dropbit = 1;

} else {

dropbit = 0;

}

or, more simply

dropbit = ( x == 0 and y > 0 );


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Are you REALLY sure? I don't think so.

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if (x=0) will *always* equate to true, and it will change the value of
x, if it's anything other than zero. A single equals sign is the
assignment operator. It assigns the value 0 to x; it doesn't check the
value.

To check the value, you need to use the equivalent operator (==). I
Flash therefore I am's solution is correct.

--
David Powers
Author, "Foundation PHP 5 for Flash" (friends of ED)
Co-author "PHP Web Development with DW MX 2004" (Apress)

Some people think "works" means "I get no error messages". That's not the
same thing. There is lots of perfectly valid syntax that is absolute
rubbish or does something completely different to what you may be wanting to
do. Working means that it does what you need it to do .. not just that
there are no error messages !!!
--
Jeckyl

You may THINK it's working, but it's not -- for two reasons. Aside from the
improper equality comparison, the distribution of parenthetical enclosures
is wrong, and would generate an error if you ran the syntax checker. Should
be either

if ((x==0) && (y>0)) {

or, more simply:

if (x==0 && y>0) {

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