Re: Replacing the "if" statement with an "if" expression which supersedes it

Hi Calimero,

I'm glad that You like community proposed snippets so much. I'd like
to propose a pair of even easier to understand

    (select(a and 1 or 2, b, c))

    ({[true] = b, [false] = c})[a]

Hope You'll enjoy ))

-- Andrew

пт, 26 черв. 2026 р. о 20:16 'Calimero' via lua-l <[email protected]> пише:
>
> Le 26/06/2026 à 18:50, Paul K a écrit :
> > Hi Calimero,
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 26, 2026 at 8:44 AM 'Calimero' via lua-l
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> Le 26/06/2026 à 17:32, Andrey Dobrovolsky a écrit :
> >>> (10 < 11) and ("yes") or ("no")
> >> yes
> >>> (10 < 11) and (false) or (0)
> >> 0
> >>
> >> Can you fix the second example to return `false` as it should, by adding some parentheses? I experimented but failed.
> > I usually just negate the condition when I run into this situation:
> >
> >> not(10 < 11) and (0) or (false)
> > false
> >
> > Paul.
>
> My brain hurts seeing this!
> I would be fine if it were hurting because I made it work hard to produce code that is easily understandable, but this is not it.
>
> These contorsions in fact illustrate very well why I want to keep the existing conditional syntax (except now it has a value): `if 10 < 11 then false else 0 end` is so much clearer.
> I need my attention on the programming, not on the coding, and I think so do many of us!
>
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