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if (roll option)

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[if():] Roll Option

* Introduced in version 1.3b46

Branches the flow of the roll as determined by the condition.

Usage

  1. [if(condition): true_body]
  1. [if(condition): true_body; false_body]

Parameters

  • condition - The condition/s to check to determine which roll(true_body or false_body) is executed, if any. The condition/s can only contain one level of nested parenthesis.
  • true_body - The roll that is executed if the condition evaluates to true(1). To use complex rolls in the true_body, you must use the [code():] roll option in conjunction with this roll option.
  • false_body - The roll that is executed if the condition evaluates to false(0). If no false_body is given, there is no output if the condition evaluates to false(0). To use complex rolls in the false_body, you must use the [code():] roll option in conjunction with this roll option.

Operators
Operators are used to compare two variables, strings, literal numbers, expressions, or function outputs within a condition.

Conditional Operators:

  • > - Greater than
  • < - Less than
  • >= - Greater than or equal to
  • <= - Less than or equal to
  • == - Equal to
  • != or ne - Not equal

Logical Operators:

  • && - And
  • || - Or

Boolean Operators:

  • true
  • false

It is important to note that the Equal to condition operator must be two equal signs(==). If you are checking for a text string, place quotes around the text.

Note that currently
[r,if(val == something),CODE:{Print something}]
will produce extraneous single quotes in the output when the condition is false. The workaround for this is to add an empty block for the false side:
[r,if(val == something),CODE:{Print something};{}]

Example

Sets the variable newVal to 12*12 if the variable val equals 12.

  1. [h:val=12]
  2. [h,if(val == 12): newVal=12*12]
  3. New Value = [r: newVal]

Returns New Value = 144

See Also

if(), [code():], Introduction to Macro Branching