[JASS] Can't figure out compiling error

[LazyCoder]

I have a function that I'm calling from an if statement.

if getScoreType() then...

the function getScoreType() returns a boolean value.

Whenever I try to save, it keeps telling me it is 'expecting a name'. (well I'm glad they were so specific...)

EDIT: Ah figured it out. getScoreType() was declared after it was called.

 

[donut3.5]

It should be more like
if getScoreType() == true then
or
if getScoreType() == false then
what you have atm isn't a conditional statement.
--donut3.5--

 

[PurplePoot]

• Is getScoreType() above the function which is trying to call it?
• Is the capitalisation right?
• Are you sure it's even that line causing the problem?

Post the entire function(s).

@Donut, wrong, ifs compare to try implicitly (or else they couldn't work anyways!)

How else would you write if x > 5 then, for example?

 

[emperor_d3st]

It would help (yourself ) if you would post the code of your function and if you have NewGen or not. If not, well go and get it first

 

[donut3.5]

Huh? I was saying his condition isn't actually a statement.
I said == true and == false because it returns a boolean.. what else could it be?
--donut3.5--

 

[PurplePoot]

As I said, all ifs are implicitly compared to true. Ex if true then works fine, and thus, for the same reasons, if ThisFuncReturnsABoolean() then also works fine.

It's the same with exitwhens, boolexprs, etc.

 

[donut3.5]

Oh, never knew that. So boolean conditions don't actually need == in them?
That actually makes sense now..
--donut3.5--

 

[LazyCoder]

I figured out the problem! (and this WAS actually supposed to be the second post in this thread, but it didn't take for some reason).

I was declaring the function being called AFTER it was called, and that ain't right!