How to tell harlowe which brackets go and which if statements go to which

TJKnapp

I am trying to make a game that has a lot of if statements and the open brackets are linking up with the wrong closed brackets. For example (if: $variable is 1)[...(if: $other_variable < 1)[...] (else:)[...]](else:)[...] I'm not sure if this makes any sense, but I would like some help.

greyelf

note: I reformatted your example to make it more readable, you don't need the indents and line-breaks for it to work correctly. I replaces the ... in your example with AA,BB,CC, and DD to make the explanation easier.

(if: $variable is 1)[
	AA
	(if: $other_variable < 1)[
		BB
	]
	(else:)[
		CC
	]
]
(else:)[
	DD
]

The above works like follows:
a. If both $variable is 1 and $other_variable < 1 are true then the output would be AABB
b. If $variable is 1 is true and $other_variable < 1 is false then the output would be AACC
c. If $variable is 1 is false then the output would be DD

Did you expect your example to work differently, maybe something like the following:

(if: $variable is 1)[
	AA
]
(elseif $other_variable < 1)[
	BB
]
(else:)[
	CC
]

The above works like follows:
a. If $variable is 1 is true then the output would be AA
b. If $variable is 1 is false and $other_variable < 1 is true then the output would be BB
c. If both $variable is 1 and $other_variable < 1 are false then the output would be CC

TJKnapp

Thank you! This really helped.