Picking your Race help!

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Feb 16 2012, 3:18 pm
(See the best response by Kaiochao.)
 

usr.name = input("What is your name?") as text
            usr.race = input("What is your race?") in list ("Lizard","Human")
            if("Lizard")
                usr.icon='Lizard.dmi'
                usr.icon_state="walk"
                usr.Move(locate(1,1,1))
            if("Human")
                usr.icon='base.dmi'
                usr.icon_state="walk"
                usr.Move(locate(1,1,1))


I fixed this before but i forgot to save and i forget what exactly i did. When i run it the window to pick my race pops up but when i pick Lizard it makes my base Human. Please help!

Feb 16 2012, 3:19 pm
Look up switch ...
Feb 16 2012, 3:54 pm
Maybe...
usr.name = input("What is your name?") as text
            usr.race = input("What is your race?") in list ("Lizard","Human")
            if(usr.race == "Lizard")
                usr.icon='Lizard.dmi'
                usr.icon_state="walk"
                usr.Move(locate(1,1,1))
            if(usr.race ==  "Human")
                usr.icon='base.dmi'
                usr.icon_state="walk"
                usr.Move(locate(1,1,1))
Feb 16 2012, 4:01 pm
In response to Gland Mopa
that is the exact same piece of code ..

Switch is what you need here, just search the reference or forums ..
Feb 16 2012, 4:11 pm
 
switch(input("What is your race?") in list("Lizard","Human")
      if("Lizard")
         usr.icon='Lizard.dmi'
Feb 16 2012, 4:13 pm
 
switch(input("What is your race?", text) in list("Lizard","Human"))
Feb 16 2012, 4:28 pm
In response to A.T.H.K
That isn't the same piece of code!
I put if(usr.race == "Lizard") to fix the problem. ò.ó
Feb 16 2012, 4:34 pm
In response to Gland Mopa
Gland Mopa wrote:
That isn't the same piece of code!
I put if(usr.race == "Lizard") to fix the problem. ò.ó

Well no ... the way the OP has it designed it should of been using switch ...
Feb 16 2012, 6:21 pm
In response to A.T.H.K
Best response
A switch statement is an easier way of writing a chain of else/if statements (except the if()s under switch() only accept contants, but that's irrelevant).
var answer = input("Pick one!", "Choices") in list("A", "B", "C")
if(answer == "A") src << "Apples!"
else if(answer == "B") src << "Bananas!"
else if(answer == "C") src << "Coconuts?"

// is the same as
var answer = input("Pick one!", "Choices") in list("A", "B", "C")
switch(answer)
    if("A") src << "Apples!"
    if("B") src << "Bananas!"
    if("C") src << "Coconuts?"
    else    src << "Whaaat?"   // this will never be displayed


The correct solution to the OP's problem was to either use a switch() statement or be more specific in his if()s (and for a bit of efficiency, change the second one to "else if").
Feb 17 2012, 9:48 am
Thanks for helping everyone, i will try the switch() and hopefully it will work, when i get home.