Any clues as to why this does not work?

[Lime_Donkey]

[lua] local parameter;
timer.Create("check", 0.01, 0, function()
if par_name == "x" or "x " then parameter = math.floor(pl:GetPos().x)
elseif par_name == "y" or "y " then parameter = math.floor(pl:GetPos().y)
elseif par_name == "z" or "z " then parameter = math.floor(pl:GetPos().z)
elseif par_name == "angle" or "angle " then parameter = math.floor(pl:GetAngles().y)
elseif par_name == "health" or "health " then parameter = pl:Health() end
print(parameter.." "..par_name)
end )
[/lua]

So what I am doing is getting the par_name through a textbox, which all works correctly and prints correctly but when it comes to changing the value of parameter according to par_name it always stays at x, no matter what I put.

Any idea why when I change par_name to y that I still end up getting the x value? I assume this should all work.

Also is there a more elegant why to do this than a whole lot of if's?

[Bang Train]

-snip-

donno thats messy as balls

[Nev]

[lua]if par_name == "x" or "x " then[/lua]

Sadly you can't do that. You need to do it like this..

[lua]if( par_name == "x" or par_name == "x " ) then[/lua]

Or an overall better way would be to use some string functions..

[lua]if( par_name:Trim( ):lower( ) == "x" ) then[/lua]

[MakeR]

[i]if par_name == "x" or "x "[/i] will [b]always[/b] result in true, so parameter will always be set to x. Use this instead:

[lua]local parameter;
timer.Create("check", 0.01, 0, function()

if par_name == "x" or par_name == "x " then
parameter = math.floor(pl:GetPos().x)
elseif par_name == "y" or par_name == "y " then
parameter = math.floor(pl:GetPos().y)
elseif par_name == "z" or par_name == "z " then
parameter = math.floor(pl:GetPos().z)
elseif par_name == "angle" or par_name == "angle " then
parameter = math.floor(pl:GetAngles().y)
elseif par_name == "health" or par_name == "health " then
parameter = pl:Health()
end
print(parameter.." "..par_name)

end)[/lua]

Note: This still isn't the best way to do this, i am just trying to fix your code.

[editline]05:02PM[/editline]

NINJA'D :v:

[Lime_Donkey]

ah hah! I see thanks for the quick replies guys! :)

What would be the best way to do something this way btw?

Cheers.