Trying to do: if this, goto here scenarios.

LaurelRose

Can someone please tell me why this:

(if: $farmer's isCollected is true)[[(goto: "Farmer Role Model")]]

gives me this:



Please note the goto inside, instead of just the name. Also, I am trying to create an if then else scenario, but the only way I know to do this is this way:

(if: $farmer's isCollected is true)[[(goto: "Farmer Role Model")]]

(if: $gourmet's isCollected is true)[[(goto: "Chef Role Model")]]

(if: $conservationalist's isCollected is true)[[(goto: "Park Ranger Model")]]

(if: $teacher's isCollected is true)[[(goto: "Teacher Role Model")]]

(if: $publicServant's isCollected is true)[[(goto: "Mayor Role Model")]]

(if: $techie's isCollected is true)[[(goto: "Front End Developer Role Model")]]

This isn't even working, so if someone could kindly tell me the correct way, I would appreciate it. Thank you!

prof_yaffle

The problem is you've got too many square brackets around the (if:) macro's hook. Try this

(if: $farmer's isCollected is true)[(goto: "Farmer Role Model")]

greyelf

Further to what prof_yaffle said:-

An Associated Hook (ones used with macros like (if:)) consist of a single open/close square bracket pair, this is the same as Named Hooks:

(if:)[ .... ]
(link:) [ ... ]
|hookname>[ ... ]
[ ... ]<hookname|

A markup link consists of a double open/close square bracket pair:

[[Link Text is the same as the Target Passage Name]]
[[Link Text->Target Passage Name]]
[[Target Passage Name<-Link Text]]

mykael

I'd also be cautious about that single quote in the variable name ($farmer's). Although it appears to be working for you at the moment, there's nothing like unusual characters - especially punctuation - to throw up surprises down the line.

prof_yaffle

the 's in $farmer's isn't part of the variable name, it's how you access an element of an array or datamap in Harlowe

$farmer's isCollected

accesses the isCollected element of the datamap held in $farmer.

mykael

Urmmm. Yuck. I'll stick with the JSON format...

greyelf

mykael wrote: »

Urmmm. Yuck. I'll stick with the JSON format...

Do you mean the Javascript Object and Array literial formats?

Because JSON is a data interchange format, which is based on Javascript's.

mykael

Yeah, the Javascript representation of JSON variables which works with Sugarcane and Sugarcube.

LaurelRose

Thank you everyone for sharing and helping!