From: Tom Rauchenwald <its.sec@...>
Date: 2006-05-25T03:29:41+09:00
Subject: Re: ifs and scope

newbie <a@a.org> writes:

> how do i update a second if with the results from a first
>
> ie
>
> if (something)
>     #do a bunch of stuff
>     firstif = TRUE
> end
>
> if (somethingelse && firstif)
>    # the above always fails since the second if doesn't see firstif)
>    #do other stuff that is dependent on the first bunch of stuff
>    firstif = FALSE
> end

Declare firstif outside of the scope of the if, for instance:
firstif=nil
if (something)
    #do a bunch of stuff
    firstif = true
end

or, in this case
firstif=if(something)
    #do stuff
    true
end
would also be possible.
>
> thanks

Tom