the whole boolean thing

[VALEN T.]

oh bbcode legends pls help a dude out i have no idea how to work this

so i think i've a p good command over scripts and shit - this thing:

[script class="xxx" on="whatever"]
addClass yada something
removeClass this that
hide me
show time
fadeIn 800 fries
fadeOut 300 chips
[/script]

right ?

so now can someone please explain how the whole boolean if thing works ?

[script class="heart"]
set addedClass 0
[/script]

[script class="heart" on="click"]
if (eq ${addedClass} 0) (addClass move 1) (removeClass move 1)
if (eq ${addedClass} 0) (addClass move 2) (removeClass move 2)
if (eq ${addedClass} 0) (addClass move 3) (removeClass move 3)
if (eq ${addedClass} 0) (set addedClass 1) (set addedClass 0)
[/script]

a few questions:

(1) why am i setting addedClass to 0 in the script class="heart" ?

(2) what is addedClass ? can i change it so that it says anything else instead (i.e. have it say set opinion 0 ?)

(3) is the script class="heart" even important ?

(4) do i have to set the set addedClass 0 to 0 ? what difference would it make if it was set to 1 ?

(5) what does the if (eq ${addedClass} 0) mean ?

(6) i've seen, in other codes, where users set the "0" in if (eq ${addedClass} 0) to 1 or 2. what difference does that make ?

(7) so there's the whole if (eq ${addedClass} 0) (addClass move 3) (removeClass move 3) but what if i just want the "move" class added to "3" permanently ? could i leave it like if (eq ${addedClass} 0) (addClass move 3) or will that mess things up ?

(8) what do these "1" and "0"s even mean ?? (i think it's the whole "yes" and "no" thing...correct me if i'm wrong)

these are just a few i have but please, just make it make sense

 

[Alteras]

So in bbscript, there is no proper TRUE and FALSE value, so instead we're replicating that behavior with numbers instead. We chose 1 and 0 as they traditional represent true and false. You can use any number pair you'd like.

addedclass is a variable. In the code we first have to set it to 0 in a separate script that only runs once, when the page loads. This let's us use the variable later without any messiness. Since it is just a variable, you can name it anything you want.

Yes, it is the only way the script detects anything. The first one runs only once, but the second one has the on= option. This means that every time the div with the class "heart" is clicked, it'll run the script.

The reason why it's set to 0 is to create the variable. You can change it to any other number, but since 1 and 0 are traditionally read as true and false, and the variable is called addedclass, it should be interpreted as "a class has/hasn't been added."

if (eq ${addedclass} 0) is the if part of the if then statement. The logic translates to "if addedclass = 0", then perform the following.

So if you want the move class to be added to "3" permanently, then you can remove the other part. The third part of a if-then statement is an else. This means if the "addedclass" is not equal to 0, then it'll run the third part instead of the second part.

 

[VALEN T.]

ohh that clears sm Alteras thank you !! ♥