newsbie if-then-else question

Hello,

I just made to move to ASP. I have been developing in PHP the past two
years. I must say that I'm a little disappointed in the quality of the
beginners tutorials. They don't go further then teaching

<% Response.Write("Hello World") %
I also lack an official website with all ASP commands explained, like
you have php.net for PHP.

Anyway, here I go, this piece of code contains a bug:

If (lang2 = "DUT" OR lang2 = "dut" OR lang2 = "NL" OR lang2 = "nl")
Then (
left = "column_left_nl.html"
top = "top_nl.html"
)
Else if (lang2 = "FRE" OR lang2 = "fre" OR lang2 = "FR" OR
lang2 = "fr") Then (
left = "column_left_fr.html"
top = "top_fr.html"
)
Else if (lang2 = "ENG" OR lang2 = "eng") Then (
left = "column_left_eng.html"
top = "top_eng.html"
)
End If

There is no tutorial that explains me whether to use brackets or not
and which kind of brackets I should use. So, do I need all these
brackets?

And why is:

lang = "DUT"

a declaration, and a couple lines further a comparison?
I'm really confused, please help me out.

Greetz,

BartonYou might be happier... much happier, with C#. It's a much more
specific/hard-lined language where there aren't as many assumptions, like in
VB. With ASP.NET, you can write your app in any CLR-compliant language
(VB.NET, C#, J#,managed C++?).. here's that code in C#:

if (lang2 == "DUT" || lang2 == "dut" || lang2 == "NL" || lang2 == "nl")
{
left = "column_left_nl.html";
top = "top_nl.html";
}
elseif (lang2 == "FRE" || lang2 == "fre" || lang2 == "FR" || lang2 == "fr")
{
left = "column_left_fr.html";
top = "top_fr.html";
}
elseif (lang2 == "ENG"
|| lang2 == "eng")
{
left = "column_left_eng.html";
top = "top_eng.html";
}

There are no assumptions. = is for assignment, == is for comparison..
semi-colons terminate a line, etc, etc...

"Barton" <bc173@.NOSPAMMMhotmail.com> wrote in message
news:0sqkkvkb0764vl48nqv1fkql6nhb0fook5@.4ax.com...
> Hello,
> I just made to move to ASP. I have been developing in PHP the past two
> years. I must say that I'm a little disappointed in the quality of the
> beginners tutorials. They don't go further then teaching
> <% Response.Write("Hello World") %>
> I also lack an official website with all ASP commands explained, like
> you have php.net for PHP.
> Anyway, here I go, this piece of code contains a bug:
> If (lang2 = "DUT" OR lang2 = "dut" OR lang2 = "NL" OR lang2 = "nl")
> Then (
> left = "column_left_nl.html"
> top = "top_nl.html"
> )
> Else if (lang2 = "FRE" OR lang2 = "fre" OR lang2 = "FR" OR
> lang2 = "fr") Then (
> left = "column_left_fr.html"
> top = "top_fr.html"
> )
> Else if (lang2 = "ENG" OR lang2 = "eng") Then (
> left = "column_left_eng.html"
> top = "top_eng.html"
> )
> End If
> There is no tutorial that explains me whether to use brackets or not
> and which kind of brackets I should use. So, do I need all these
> brackets?
> And why is:
> lang = "DUT"
> a declaration, and a couple lines further a comparison?
> I'm really confused, please help me out.
> Greetz,
> Barton
Go to http://codemaster.digitalrice.com and check the ASP section for
beginners tutorial

"Barton" <bc173@.NOSPAMMMhotmail.com> wrote in message
news:0sqkkvkb0764vl48nqv1fkql6nhb0fook5@.4ax.com...
> Hello,
> I just made to move to ASP. I have been developing in PHP the past two
> years. I must say that I'm a little disappointed in the quality of the
> beginners tutorials. They don't go further then teaching
> <% Response.Write("Hello World") %>
> I also lack an official website with all ASP commands explained, like
> you have php.net for PHP.
> Anyway, here I go, this piece of code contains a bug:
> If (lang2 = "DUT" OR lang2 = "dut" OR lang2 = "NL" OR lang2 = "nl")
> Then (
> left = "column_left_nl.html"
> top = "top_nl.html"
> )
> Else if (lang2 = "FRE" OR lang2 = "fre" OR lang2 = "FR" OR
> lang2 = "fr") Then (
> left = "column_left_fr.html"
> top = "top_fr.html"
> )
> Else if (lang2 = "ENG" OR lang2 = "eng") Then (
> left = "column_left_eng.html"
> top = "top_eng.html"
> )
> End If
> There is no tutorial that explains me whether to use brackets or not
> and which kind of brackets I should use. So, do I need all these
> brackets?
> And why is:
> lang = "DUT"
> a declaration, and a couple lines further a comparison?
> I'm really confused, please help me out.
> Greetz,
> Barton
I use them to be more clear

"Barton" <bc173@.NOSPAMMMhotmail.com> wrote in message
news:0sqkkvkb0764vl48nqv1fkql6nhb0fook5@.4ax.com...
> Hello,
> I just made to move to ASP. I have been developing in PHP the past two
> years. I must say that I'm a little disappointed in the quality of the
> beginners tutorials. They don't go further then teaching
> <% Response.Write("Hello World") %>
> I also lack an official website with all ASP commands explained, like
> you have php.net for PHP.
> Anyway, here I go, this piece of code contains a bug:
> If (lang2 = "DUT" OR lang2 = "dut" OR lang2 = "NL" OR lang2 = "nl")
> Then (
> left = "column_left_nl.html"
> top = "top_nl.html"
> )
> Else if (lang2 = "FRE" OR lang2 = "fre" OR lang2 = "FR" OR
> lang2 = "fr") Then (
> left = "column_left_fr.html"
> top = "top_fr.html"
> )
> Else if (lang2 = "ENG" OR lang2 = "eng") Then (
> left = "column_left_eng.html"
> top = "top_eng.html"
> )
> End If
> There is no tutorial that explains me whether to use brackets or not
> and which kind of brackets I should use. So, do I need all these
> brackets?
> And why is:
> lang = "DUT"
> a declaration, and a couple lines further a comparison?
> I'm really confused, please help me out.
> Greetz,
> Barton
I'm not impressed with the Tutorials. They are too basic! And they
don't tell anything about the brackets, about ISSET commands etc.

Greetz,

Barton

On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 02:28:50 +0600, "Arsalan"
<arsalan_aslam@.hotmail.com> wrote:

>Go to http://codemaster.digitalrice.com and check the ASP section for
>beginners tutorial
>"Barton" <bc173@.NOSPAMMMhotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:0sqkkvkb0764vl48nqv1fkql6nhb0fook5@.4ax.com...
>> Hello,
>>
>> I just made to move to ASP. I have been developing in PHP the past two
>> years. I must say that I'm a little disappointed in the quality of the
>> beginners tutorials. They don't go further then teaching
>>
>> <% Response.Write("Hello World") %>
>>
>> I also lack an official website with all ASP commands explained, like
>> you have php.net for PHP.
>>
>> Anyway, here I go, this piece of code contains a bug:
>>
>> If (lang2 = "DUT" OR lang2 = "dut" OR lang2 = "NL" OR lang2 = "nl")
>> Then (
>> left = "column_left_nl.html"
>> top = "top_nl.html"
>> )
>> Else if (lang2 = "FRE" OR lang2 = "fre" OR lang2 = "FR" OR
>> lang2 = "fr") Then (
>> left = "column_left_fr.html"
>> top = "top_fr.html"
>> )
>> Else if (lang2 = "ENG" OR lang2 = "eng") Then (
>> left = "column_left_eng.html"
>> top = "top_eng.html"
>> )
>> End If
>>
>> There is no tutorial that explains me whether to use brackets or not
>> and which kind of brackets I should use. So, do I need all these
>> brackets?
>>
>> And why is:
>>
>> lang = "DUT"
>>
>> a declaration, and a couple lines further a comparison?
>> I'm really confused, please help me out.
>>
>> Greetz,
>>
>> Barton
Well, this sounds much more familiar to me!
I'm used to "=" and "==" and also the ";" for ending lines.

But does this C# run at every normal ISS server?

Greetz,

Barton

On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 20:13:39 GMT, "Frank Drebin"
<noemail@.imsickofspam.com> wrote:

>You might be happier... much happier, with C#. It's a much more
>specific/hard-lined language where there aren't as many assumptions, like in
>VB. With ASP.NET, you can write your app in any CLR-compliant language
>(VB.NET, C#, J#,managed C++?).. here's that code in C#:
>if (lang2 == "DUT" || lang2 == "dut" || lang2 == "NL" || lang2 == "nl")
>{
> left = "column_left_nl.html";
> top = "top_nl.html";
>}
>elseif (lang2 == "FRE" || lang2 == "fre" || lang2 == "FR" || lang2 == "fr")
>{
> left = "column_left_fr.html";
> top = "top_fr.html";
>}
>elseif (lang2 == "ENG"
> || lang2 == "eng")
>{
> left = "column_left_eng.html";
> top = "top_eng.html";
>}
>There are no assumptions. = is for assignment, == is for comparison..
>semi-colons terminate a line, etc, etc...
>
>"Barton" <bc173@.NOSPAMMMhotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:0sqkkvkb0764vl48nqv1fkql6nhb0fook5@.4ax.com...
>> Hello,
>>
>> I just made to move to ASP. I have been developing in PHP the past two
>> years. I must say that I'm a little disappointed in the quality of the
>> beginners tutorials. They don't go further then teaching
>>
>> <% Response.Write("Hello World") %>
>>
>> I also lack an official website with all ASP commands explained, like
>> you have php.net for PHP.
>>
>> Anyway, here I go, this piece of code contains a bug:
>>
>> If (lang2 = "DUT" OR lang2 = "dut" OR lang2 = "NL" OR lang2 = "nl")
>> Then (
>> left = "column_left_nl.html"
>> top = "top_nl.html"
>> )
>> Else if (lang2 = "FRE" OR lang2 = "fre" OR lang2 = "FR" OR
>> lang2 = "fr") Then (
>> left = "column_left_fr.html"
>> top = "top_fr.html"
>> )
>> Else if (lang2 = "ENG" OR lang2 = "eng") Then (
>> left = "column_left_eng.html"
>> top = "top_eng.html"
>> )
>> End If
>>
>> There is no tutorial that explains me whether to use brackets or not
>> and which kind of brackets I should use. So, do I need all these
>> brackets?
>>
>> And why is:
>>
>> lang = "DUT"
>>
>> a declaration, and a couple lines further a comparison?
>> I'm really confused, please help me out.
>>
>> Greetz,
>>
>> Barton
I would write the code as such

If lang2.ToUpper = "DUT" OR lang2.ToUpper = "NL" Then
left = "column_left_nl.html"
top = "top_nl.html"
ElseIf lang2.ToUpper = "FRE" OR lang2.ToUpper = "FR" Then
left = "column_left_fr.html"
top = "top_fr.html"
ElseIf lang2.ToUpper = "ENG" Then
left = "column_left_eng.html"
top = "top_eng.html"
End If

This is very readable to me, but then I learned .NET using VB not C#

Severin

"Barton" <bc173@.NOSPAMMMhotmail.com> wrote in message
news:0sqkkvkb0764vl48nqv1fkql6nhb0fook5@.4ax.com...
> Hello,
> I just made to move to ASP. I have been developing in PHP the past two
> years. I must say that I'm a little disappointed in the quality of the
> beginners tutorials. They don't go further then teaching
> <% Response.Write("Hello World") %>
> I also lack an official website with all ASP commands explained, like
> you have php.net for PHP.
> Anyway, here I go, this piece of code contains a bug:
> If (lang2 = "DUT" OR lang2 = "dut" OR lang2 = "NL" OR lang2 = "nl")
> Then (
> left = "column_left_nl.html"
> top = "top_nl.html"
> )
> Else if (lang2 = "FRE" OR lang2 = "fre" OR lang2 = "FR" OR
> lang2 = "fr") Then (
> left = "column_left_fr.html"
> top = "top_fr.html"
> )
> Else if (lang2 = "ENG" OR lang2 = "eng") Then (
> left = "column_left_eng.html"
> top = "top_eng.html"
> )
> End If
> There is no tutorial that explains me whether to use brackets or not
> and which kind of brackets I should use. So, do I need all these
> brackets?
> And why is:
> lang = "DUT"
> a declaration, and a couple lines further a comparison?
> I'm really confused, please help me out.
> Greetz,
> Barton
I get the error: Object required: 'DUT'

Seems I first need to make an object of DUT?
How do I do this?

Greetz,

Barton

On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 16:48:28 -0500, "Severin" <sev@.sevsamp.com> wrote:

>I would write the code as such
>If lang2.ToUpper = "DUT" OR lang2.ToUpper = "NL" Then
> left = "column_left_nl.html"
> top = "top_nl.html"
>ElseIf lang2.ToUpper = "FRE" OR lang2.ToUpper = "FR" Then
> left = "column_left_fr.html"
> top = "top_fr.html"
>ElseIf lang2.ToUpper = "ENG" Then
> left = "column_left_eng.html"
> top = "top_eng.html"
>End If
>
>This is very readable to me, but then I learned .NET using VB not C#
>Severin
>
>
>
>"Barton" <bc173@.NOSPAMMMhotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:0sqkkvkb0764vl48nqv1fkql6nhb0fook5@.4ax.com...
>> Hello,
>>
>> I just made to move to ASP. I have been developing in PHP the past two
>> years. I must say that I'm a little disappointed in the quality of the
>> beginners tutorials. They don't go further then teaching
>>
>> <% Response.Write("Hello World") %>
>>
>> I also lack an official website with all ASP commands explained, like
>> you have php.net for PHP.
>>
>> Anyway, here I go, this piece of code contains a bug:
>>
>> If (lang2 = "DUT" OR lang2 = "dut" OR lang2 = "NL" OR lang2 = "nl")
>> Then (
>> left = "column_left_nl.html"
>> top = "top_nl.html"
>> )
>> Else if (lang2 = "FRE" OR lang2 = "fre" OR lang2 = "FR" OR
>> lang2 = "fr") Then (
>> left = "column_left_fr.html"
>> top = "top_fr.html"
>> )
>> Else if (lang2 = "ENG" OR lang2 = "eng") Then (
>> left = "column_left_eng.html"
>> top = "top_eng.html"
>> )
>> End If
>>
>> There is no tutorial that explains me whether to use brackets or not
>> and which kind of brackets I should use. So, do I need all these
>> brackets?
>>
>> And why is:
>>
>> lang = "DUT"
>>
>> a declaration, and a couple lines further a comparison?
>> I'm really confused, please help me out.
>>
>> Greetz,
>>
>> Barton
Severin,

A Select Case statement might be more readable.

Select Case lang2.ToUpper
Case "DUT", "NL"
left = "column_left_nl.html"
top = "top_nl.html"

Case "FRE", "FR"
left = "column_left_fr.html"
top = "top_fr.html"

Case "ENG"
left = "column_left_eng.html"
top = "top_eng.html"

End Select
--
S. Justin Gengo, MCP
Web Developer

Free code library at:
www.aboutfortunate.com

"Out of chaos comes order."
Nietzche

"Severin" <sev@.sevsamp.com> wrote in message
news:bie016$8h@.library2.airnews.net...
> I would write the code as such
> If lang2.ToUpper = "DUT" OR lang2.ToUpper = "NL" Then
> left = "column_left_nl.html"
> top = "top_nl.html"
> ElseIf lang2.ToUpper = "FRE" OR lang2.ToUpper = "FR" Then
> left = "column_left_fr.html"
> top = "top_fr.html"
> ElseIf lang2.ToUpper = "ENG" Then
> left = "column_left_eng.html"
> top = "top_eng.html"
> End If
>
> This is very readable to me, but then I learned .NET using VB not C#
> Severin
>
>
>
> "Barton" <bc173@.NOSPAMMMhotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:0sqkkvkb0764vl48nqv1fkql6nhb0fook5@.4ax.com...
> > Hello,
> > I just made to move to ASP. I have been developing in PHP the past two
> > years. I must say that I'm a little disappointed in the quality of the
> > beginners tutorials. They don't go further then teaching
> > <% Response.Write("Hello World") %>
> > I also lack an official website with all ASP commands explained, like
> > you have php.net for PHP.
> > Anyway, here I go, this piece of code contains a bug:
> > If (lang2 = "DUT" OR lang2 = "dut" OR lang2 = "NL" OR lang2 = "nl")
> > Then (
> > left = "column_left_nl.html"
> > top = "top_nl.html"
> > )
> > Else if (lang2 = "FRE" OR lang2 = "fre" OR lang2 = "FR" OR
> > lang2 = "fr") Then (
> > left = "column_left_fr.html"
> > top = "top_fr.html"
> > )
> > Else if (lang2 = "ENG" OR lang2 = "eng") Then (
> > left = "column_left_eng.html"
> > top = "top_eng.html"
> > )
> > End If
> > There is no tutorial that explains me whether to use brackets or not
> > and which kind of brackets I should use. So, do I need all these
> > brackets?
> > And why is:
> > lang = "DUT"
> > a declaration, and a couple lines further a comparison?
> > I'm really confused, please help me out.
> > Greetz,
> > Barton
Severin,

A Select Case statement might be more readable.

Select Case lang2.ToUpper
Case "DUT", "NL"
left = "column_left_nl.html"
top = "top_nl.html"

Case "FRE", "FR"
left = "column_left_fr.html"
top = "top_fr.html"

Case "ENG"
left = "column_left_eng.html"
top = "top_eng.html"

End Select
--
S. Justin Gengo, MCP
Web Developer

Free code library at:
www.aboutfortunate.com

"Out of chaos comes order."
Nietzche

"Severin" <sev@.sevsamp.com> wrote in message
news:bie016$8h@.library2.airnews.net...
> I would write the code as such
> If lang2.ToUpper = "DUT" OR lang2.ToUpper = "NL" Then
> left = "column_left_nl.html"
> top = "top_nl.html"
> ElseIf lang2.ToUpper = "FRE" OR lang2.ToUpper = "FR" Then
> left = "column_left_fr.html"
> top = "top_fr.html"
> ElseIf lang2.ToUpper = "ENG" Then
> left = "column_left_eng.html"
> top = "top_eng.html"
> End If
>
> This is very readable to me, but then I learned .NET using VB not C#
> Severin
>
>
>
> "Barton" <bc173@.NOSPAMMMhotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:0sqkkvkb0764vl48nqv1fkql6nhb0fook5@.4ax.com...
> > Hello,
> > I just made to move to ASP. I have been developing in PHP the past two
> > years. I must say that I'm a little disappointed in the quality of the
> > beginners tutorials. They don't go further then teaching
> > <% Response.Write("Hello World") %>
> > I also lack an official website with all ASP commands explained, like
> > you have php.net for PHP.
> > Anyway, here I go, this piece of code contains a bug:
> > If (lang2 = "DUT" OR lang2 = "dut" OR lang2 = "NL" OR lang2 = "nl")
> > Then (
> > left = "column_left_nl.html"
> > top = "top_nl.html"
> > )
> > Else if (lang2 = "FRE" OR lang2 = "fre" OR lang2 = "FR" OR
> > lang2 = "fr") Then (
> > left = "column_left_fr.html"
> > top = "top_fr.html"
> > )
> > Else if (lang2 = "ENG" OR lang2 = "eng") Then (
> > left = "column_left_eng.html"
> > top = "top_eng.html"
> > )
> > End If
> > There is no tutorial that explains me whether to use brackets or not
> > and which kind of brackets I should use. So, do I need all these
> > brackets?
> > And why is:
> > lang = "DUT"
> > a declaration, and a couple lines further a comparison?
> > I'm really confused, please help me out.
> > Greetz,
> > Barton