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Why this if clause only work for the first sentences??

Asked by 4 years ago

i have this variable

local Undeletable = "Golden Dominus" or "Aqua Dragon" or "Dominus Aura" or "Shiny Dog" or "Shiny Cat" or "Shiny Chicken" or "Shiny Turtle"

and this is the if clause

v.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
    if PetNames == Undeletable then
        delete.Visible = false
    else
        delete.Visible = true
    end

    if PetNames == Undel then
        shiny.Visible = false
    else
        shiny.Visible = true
    end
end)

so, when the PetNames is Golden Dominus it will work. the delete and the shiny wont show up, but when the petnames is not golden dominus why the delete and the shiny is showing??? do i need to type every each one of the pet or is there any easiest method because there will be like more than 10 undeletable pets :/

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Leamir 3138 Moderation Voter Community Moderator
4 years ago
Edited 4 years ago

This don't works because of coding logic(don't worry, i'll explain), so, basically, that variable definition is just a logic for code, waiting for the first true:

If you do

local var = "Text" or "Other text"

var will aways be "Text"

thats because of logic, basically, your code is trying to get a true on that, and because its a string, its aways true.


local var = (var1 == 1) and "text" or "other text"

^^ this is also coding logic, basically, it will set the variable to "text" if var1 is equals to 1, if its not, it will set to "other text"

I know this seems complicated, but its not easy to explain it.


Now into your code, that variable Undeletable is aways "Golden Dominus", what you can do is defining that strings inside a table, and then checking if equals to any of the values.

Here's how to do it:

local Undeletable = { -- Start declaration of table
"Golden Dominus", "Aqua Dragon", "Dominus Aura", "Shiny Dog", "Shiny Cat", "Shiny Chicken", "Shiny Turtle"
} -- end declaration of table (( the table can be all on the same line ))

Now, your variable is a table, so, how to check the values?

We can use a for ... do loop:

v.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
    local cantdelete = false -- here, we create a variable on the MouseButton1Click scope
    for _,v in pairs(Undeletable) do
        if PetNames == v then
            cantdelete = true  -- if the object can't be deleted, we change that variable to true
            break -- and break the loop, so it wont run any more, as its not needed
        end
    end
    -- now we can simply check if that variable we defined is true or false
    if cantdelete then -- if object cant be deleted
        delete.Visible = false
    else
        delete.Visible = true
    end

    if PetNames == Undel then -- variable undel isn't defined
        shiny.Visible = false
    else
        shiny.Visible = true
    end
end)

Useful links:

DevAPI/Scopes

DevAPI/Loops#for-do

DevAPI/Tables

DevAPI/Conditional Structures


if this helps, please upvote and mark this answer as accepted

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:| Jakob_Cashy 79 — 4y
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? Leamir 3138 — 4y
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this looks a bit complicated Jakob_Cashy 79 — 4y
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ohhh just noticied your answer, looks like I was faster Leamir 3138 — 4y
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its not, the complicated part is the coding logic, there's nothing exactally explaining it anywhere on the internet Leamir 3138 — 4y
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yes and i think mine is the right one Jakob_Cashy 79 — 4y
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i would just do and instead of the table Jakob_Cashy 79 — 4y
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Thanks! :D revolusi 48 — 4y
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