Login Problems

ID:142457
 
May 19 2008, 10:23 am (Edited on May 19 2008, 11:09 am)
Code:
 
mob 
    Login()
        if(usr.name == key)
            usr.name = input("Some text",
            "Set your name",
            usr.name)
        if(usr.race=="undefined")
            usr.race = input("More text",
            "Choose your race",
            usr.race) in list ("Test1","Test2")
            if(usr.race=="Test1")
                usr.race = input("Even more text",
                "Select Test Type",
                usr.race) in list("Test3", "Test4","Test5")
                if(usr.race=="Test3")
                    usr.race = input("More TEXT!!!",
                    "Test3",
                    usr.race) in list("Yes","No")
                    if(usr.race=="Yes")
                        usr.race="Tst3"
                    else
                        return Login()
    var 
        race = "undefined"


Problem description:

If you select "No" from Test 3, it does NOT return you to Login, unless your Key matches your name, I have tried, but have not been able to come up with a solution.

(Also, yes, I've just began to program, which is why I am asking such a question... I'm quite sure there is a simple problem.)


May 19 2008, 10:47 am
return stops the execution of the current proc and returns the value of Login().

mob
    Login()
        if(usr.name == key)
            usr.name = input("Some text",
            "Set your name",
            usr.name)
        if(usr.race=="undefined")
            usr.race = input("More text",
            "Choose your race",
            usr.race) in list ("Test1","Test2")
            if(usr.race=="Test1")
                usr.race = input("Even more text",
                "Select Test Type",
                usr.race) in list("Test3", "Test4","Test5")
                if(usr.race=="Test3")
                    usr.race = input("More TEXT!!!",
                    "Test3",
                    usr.race) in list("Yes","No")
                    if(usr.race=="Yes")
                        usr.race="Tst3"
                    else
                        .() //Call Login()
    var
        race = "undefined"
May 19 2008, 10:50 am (Edited on May 19 2008, 11:11 am)
In response to Jemai1
Never mind, I fixed it, I forgot to include this in my code...

else
                        usr.race="undefined"
                        .()


May 19 2008, 11:34 am
Src is safer than usr to use in mob/Login()

Also, for simple yes/no questions, I would use alert() instead of input()
May 19 2008, 12:02 pm
In response to XeroXen
This problem could have been avoided if you had used a seperate variable for the selection, rather than the mob's race variable (generally not a good idea to do that ever, unless you know what you're doing).

var/selection = input("blah") in list("test1","test2")
if (selection == "test1")
 selection = input("blah") in list("test3","test4")
 if (selection == "test3")
  selection = input("blah") in list("Yes","No")
  if (selection == "Yes")
   race = "Test3"
  else
   return Login()
May 19 2008, 1:50 pm
Something like this should be written in a while() loop, like so:

var/selectionisvalid = 0
while(!selectionisvalid)
  prompt_for_selection()
  if(selection is okay)
    selectionisvalid = 1