[ray1234]

if(10/2 + 1 == 6 || 5)

[modi123_1]

Come on.. you need to do better than that to explain what "doesn't work" mean.

[ray1234]

modi123_1, on 16 January 2013 - 07:02 PM, said:

Come on.. you need to do better than that to explain what "doesn't work" mean.

this expression in the if statement causes an error. why is that?

[modi123_1]

Though.. depending on how you roll it - the error message is pretty darn explanatory.

Quote

Operator '||' cannot be applied to operands of type 'bool' and 'int'
Operator '||' cannot be applied to operands of type 'int' and 'int'

[ray1234]

thanks that was helpful...

i know that. i mean i want to compare a number with either number a or number b

how would you go about writing it.

[modi123_1]

Use a variable.

            int foo = 10 / 2 + 1;

            if ( (foo == 6) || (foo == 5))
            {
            }
            else
            {
            }

[ray1234]

or better yet,

best out of 5.

what algorithm i would use to find out the first to number

i.e. so best of 5 would mean first to 3.
"" "" "" 10 would mean first to 6
"" "" "" 15 would mean first to 8

etc

[modi123_1]

Ah.. what?

[tlhIn`toq]

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if(10/2 + 1 == 6 || 5)

if ... or 5
That's what you wrote.. if something or 5. Or 5 what?


You can't expect the computer to just infer that you want to compare your formula to 6 or 5. There is no infering by context in programming. The computer does exactly what you tell it to. It is not artificially intelligent enough to read the intent of your statement and translate that to a working line of code.

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Operator '||' cannot be applied to operands of type 'bool' and 'int'

Right... or 5 is not a valid comparrison to a bool which is only true or false. You have to make a statement that provides a true or false result.

Did you really mean?
"If my formula is equal to 6 or my formula is equal to 5"

if (((*10/2) + 1) == 6 || ((*10/2) + 1) == 5)