Thread: nooby question

I just wanted to know is it possible to do something like x==1|2 or do I have to do x==1 | x ==2?

Sorry for the waste of time. I haven't been able to find it on google (might not be searching the right terms).

Thanks in advance

wow, I didn't even explain it properly xD

I mean't in an if statement. if (x == 1|2) {}

Thanks again

| means or. So I want to know if it's possible to check if x == 1|2 (x is equal to 1 or 2) without having to use 2 statements if (x==1 | x==2) {}

Originally Posted by Bertorox

Oh! ok. As far as i know, the correct if statement would be :

if ((x == 1)|(x==2)) {}

'|' is a bitwise or operator - are you looking to do math, or to check equality? If the latter, use '||'. You could write this another way:

if ( 1 <= x && <= 2 ){}

Looking for shorthand ways of doing things could at times be considered bad practice, as it can obfuscate code and make it very unreadable - both by someone else and by yourself some time down the line when you try and figure out what the heck you were trying to do by looking at your own code.