This code, which in most languages would result in 1 being output, results in a 0. x=0; y=true; if(y==true){ x=1; }else{ x=2; } echo(x); This, I understand, is because the x in the if only exist within that scope. I can understand that. However, it's extremely frustrating that I can't find a good way to get the behaviour I want. Sometimes, it would be extremely useful to be able to set a variable in an if, and then use it later, to avoid having to duplicate (and, in the case of multiple variables, even more sets of copied code) large blocks of code. I could break out the code blocks into modules, and then call them, but I try to use modules where they are a logical block, not just to reduce lines. Any suggestions? -- Sent from: http://forum.openscad.org/

Does this help? y = true; x = y ? 1 : 2; echo(x); 2017-10-28 11:18 GMT+02:00 Troberg <troberg.anders@gmail.com>: > This code, which in most languages would result in 1 being output, results > in > a 0. > > x=0; > y=true; > > if(y==true){ > x=1; > }else{ > x=2; > } > echo(x); > > This, I understand, is because the x in the if only exist within that > scope. > I can understand that. > > However, it's extremely frustrating that I can't find a good way to get the > behaviour I want. Sometimes, it would be extremely useful to be able to set > a variable in an if, and then use it later, to avoid having to duplicate > (and, in the case of multiple variables, even more sets of copied code) > large blocks of code. I could break out the code blocks into modules, and > then call them, but I try to use modules where they are a logical block, > not > just to reduce lines. > > Any suggestions? > > > > -- > Sent from: http://forum.openscad.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > OpenSCAD mailing list > Discuss@lists.openscad.org > http://lists.openscad.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.openscad.org > -- Saludos, Antonio

Yep, that worked! Didn't know about the trinary if operator, I just kept looking for an iif function. Thanks! -- Sent from: http://forum.openscad.org/