Boolean within a set of conditions

[arbuthnot]

Hi everyone

I've declared a boolean (in Variables and Properties) - let's called it BoolA - and I'd like to use it within a set of conditions so that after an '&&', I can state the boolean to select whether the condition applies.

I've tried this but it doesn't compile:

if([I]conditions..[/I].

  && (BoolA) ( [I]condition[/I]... )

)

I'd appreciate a pointer as to how to get this coding to work.

Many thanks in advance.

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello arbuthnot,

Let me check if I have understood your question correctly. You have an if statement and you would like to check if a Boolean is true or false. Depending on the outcome of the Boolean you would want the if statement to execute or not kind of like a toggle switch, is this correct?

If this is the case you could do something like the following

if(condition1 && boolA)
{
}

If that is not what you wanted you could also do a nested if statement like below

if(conditions)
{
if(boolA)
{
// if boolA is true
} else {
// if boolA is false
}
// more code here
}

Rather than doing an && checking if condition 1 AND condition 2 are met, nesting provides a similar effect. the above example would read if conditions are met then move on to the inner if statement, The inner if statement checks if boolA is true and if so executes the code, otherwise it will do the second half of the if statement after the "else" when it is false;

Also here is a great resource on If statement usage from MSDN

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/5011f09h.aspx

Please let me know if I may be of further assistance.

[arbuthnot]

Thanks very much, Jesse, for this advice and the link, which is very helpful.

I'll try to apply your tips and if I have any further problems, I'll come back to you.

Cheers.