And in a non if-then statement?

[freemmaann]

Another question:
What exactly does "and" do when in non if-then statement? Example:

Msg(tostring(5 and 8)) -- 8
Msg(tostring(8 and 5)) -- 5

will always return the second statement. So what does it do exactly? I see it used in allot of scripts but cant understand it exactly.

[Lexic]

you need the or
[lua]Msg(tostring(condition and 5 or 8))[/lua]
Like
[lua]local time = (ply:IsAdmin() and 10 or 5)[/lua]
Is the same as
[lua]local time
if (ply:IsAdmin()) then time = 10 else time = 5 end[/lua]

[pollyzoid]

Or for more technical (and confusing) answer: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short-circuit_evaluation[/url]

[freemmaann]

[QUOTE=Lexic;23988439]you need the or
Msg(tostring(condition and 5 or 8))Like
local time = (ply:IsAdmin() and 10 or 5)Is the same as
local time
if (ply:IsAdmin()) then time = 10 else time = 5 end[/QUOTE]Hm thats actually really useful. Tried it on one of my scripts and it worked perfectly. Thanks for a good explanation.

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[freemmaann]

Sorry for the bump, but id probably make another thread with the same question as above some time in the future.

[_Kilburn]

[QUOTE=freemmaann;24003126]Sorry for the bump, but id probably make another thread with the same question as above some time in the future.[/QUOTE]

But you've just answered your own question.

[freemmaann]

[QUOTE=_Kilburn;24005244]But you've just answered your own question.[/QUOTE]
Sry bout that, guess i already knew the answer.

[ralle105]

I'll try to express and,or,not as functions in hope to enlighten thee.
[lua]
function and(a,b)

if a then

return b
end

return false
end

function not(a)

if a then

return false
end

return true
end

function or(a,b)

if a then

return a
end

return b
end
[/lua]
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