Flow Control

command description zen plus if executes a block of code if the condition is met ✔️ ✔️ else executes a block of code if the previous if condition is not met ✔️ ✔️ else if executes a block of code if the previous if condition is not met but the current condition is met ✔️ ✔️ while a loop that runs while a condition is met ✔️ ✔️ do while a loop that runs at least once ✔️ ✔️45 for a loop that runs a set amount of times ✔️ ✔️ break breaks out early while in a loop ✔️ ✔️ the if command is one of the single most useful tools for your gpc scripting needs it allows you to control when certain blocks of code are run and it takes any expression, function, or code which returns or has a value it can also be used in the init , main , combo, and function sections of your code the if command works by evaluating the expression within it to its boolean value an expression is anything that has a value such as a function call that returns a value, a variable, or a mathematical sum literal values and comparisons in computer programming languages, a boolean is a data type with only two possible values, true or false in gpc, false means 0 and true is a value other than 0 be it a negative or positive value if the expression placed within an if commands brackets is true, then the code nested within it is executed, as shown below gpc main { if (true) { // this will always run as the condition above is always true } if (false) { // this will never run as the condition above is never true } } should you wish to execute a different block of code when an if command does not return true then you would use the else command an else command must have an if command preceding it the code block contained within an else command will be executed if the expression in the if statement returns false, as shown below gpc main { if (false) { // this will never run as the condition above is never true } else { // this will run as the result of the previous condition never // is true } } else if is a combination of else and if just like the else command it allows for a different block of code to be executed when the statement within the if command returns false however, it will only execute the code block when the statement within its parameter returns true for example, if you were playing a first person shooter game and wished for rapid fire to be disabled when you aim down the sights but wanted the cronus zen to automatically hold breath in the game to steady your aim while aiming down the sights, the following code would do this for you note example below is more of a how it works, needs to be updated with one reflecting above text! gpc main { if (false) { // this will never run as the condition above is never true } else if (true) { // this will run as the result of the previous condition never // is true but the condition here is always true } } the operation of the while command is straight forward, it will execute code nested within it until the expression contained in its parameter is no longer true gpc int a; main { while (a < 10) { // do something while a is less than 10 } } do while is similar to while in that it runs a block of code while a condition is true, the difference is that it executes the block at least once, see below for an example gpc int a = 0; main { while (a != 0) { // this will never execute as a is already 0 } do { // this will be executed once, then the condition will be checked // to see if we should run the block again } while (a != 0); } the for loop can be used to run a block of code for a set amount of times, the syntax for using it is as follows for ( < initalizer > ; < condition > ; < increment >) see the below example for how it could be used gpc int a; main { for (a = 0; a < 10; a++) { // whatever you put here will be run 10 times } } gpc int a; main { while (true) { if (a == 0) { // we want to end the loop if the variable a has a value of 0 break; the break command is used to end a loop early based on a condition, see below for an example } } }