Having fun with multiple monitors

[richmond62]

I understand "rhetorical" full well, but I felt like a spot of fun, so I replied to your
question anyway.

[Klaus]

I understand "rhetorical" full well, but I felt like a spot of fun, so I replied to your
question anyway.

I know!

[richmond62]

The most important thing is that the "dirty deed" is now done.
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[bogs]

The most important thing is that the "dirty deed" is now done.

But now, of course, the question is whether or not it "was done dirt cheap!"

[richmond62]

The most important thing is that the "dirty deed" is now done.

But now, of course, the question is whether or not it "was done dirt cheap!"

Well, it took me about 60 minutes + 60 minutes in bed with the cat when my brain was going round in circles.

I am still looking for a LOGICAL reason for why including setting variables inside a switch statement did not work.

[dunbarx]

I learned this a long time ago about "Switch" constructions, which I love.

You just cannot put stuff inside a "Switch" construction, but outside the "case" statements. Check this out, with a button and a field on a new card:

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on mouseUp
   put random(42) into fld 1
   
   switch the number of btns
      --put random(42) into fld 1
      
   case 1
      break
   case 2
      break
end switch
end mouseUp

Comment, in turn, only ONE of the "random" statements. If you comment out the bottomMost, you get a random number. But if you comment the topMost, you get LC ignoring you.

Craig

[jameshale]

Surely once the “switch” statement is read the engine searches for the first “case” statement that qualifies.
Anything else is redundant and ignored.
I daresay any statement between the “switch” and the first “case” will be ignored.

[LCMark]

@jameshale is correct - the switch statement reads the statements inside it in order, and then operates like a jump table:

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switch X
  ... (1)
  case A
    ... (2)
    break
  case B
    ... (3)
  case C
    ... (4)
    break
  default
   ... (5)
 end switch
 

The engine evaluates X - if it matches A then it jumps to (2), when it hits the break it will jump to 'end switch' (skipping the other blocks); it matches B then it jumps to (3), as there is no break it will then continue to execute (4). If it matches C then (4) only executes. If it matches none of them then it jumps to (5) (the default section).

At no point can any statements at point (1) be executed, nor would any statements between any of the breaks and cases.

[richmond62]

Thank you very much for a complete and easily comprehensible answer.