Ternary Operator Question

[Mordacai058]

I need help with the ternary operator...
I have a program with a bitmap array and I want one to show up normally and one if I press control(I know that the control key is being recognized correctly). Here is what I put, 0 is the normal, 1 is the one for when the key is pressed

  g_pSaucer[((booster)?1:0)]->Draw(hDC, g_iSaucerX, g_iSaucerY, TRUE);
  booster = 0;

And draw works right, because the normal or zero always shows up... here is the code i'm trying to use to get the bitmap to change.

  if (GetAsyncKeyState(VK_CONTROL) < 0)
{  
  booster = 1;
  g_iSpeedY = g_iSpeedY - 2;
}

[DJMaze]

and what is the question?

[Mordacai058]

Sorry.. i was stupid. I had added joystick support where if the joystick was on and the 1st button was pressed it worked... but i don't have a joystick so even though i set the variable to true it didn't work because the joystick part was setting it to false. So that's why it didn't work... to make it work with both i think i'll try an or operator...

[DJMaze]

what does a joystick have to do with the control key or the ternary operator?

You definitely need to think or i shall report this useless topic.

[Mordacai058]

One, if your "regular contributers" don't even read, or are just stupid, I don't think I want to be on this forum anyway. Secondly, the joystick and control key are obviously of importance considering that was the reason that the program was not working correctly, as I explained in my previous post. Why this is is becuase the control key was supposed to set g_bSaucerFlame to 1 or true, like the posted code says. However, I had added joystick support and it set g_bSaucerFlame to the state of the joystick(Connected or not) & the state of the button(Pressed or not), Therefore since I didn't have a joystick it would always set g_bSaucerFlame back to 0 or false before it got to the main program. So I had to use the ||, or operator to get it to work with two variables, one for if the control key was pressed, one for if the joystick button 1 was pressed. And now it works. This code now causes the UFO to have flames shooting out of the bottom when the control or joystick button 1 is pressed as well as causing a boost upwards.

So thanks for your useless threats and remove it, however I think it's a good learning oppurtunity so that newer programmers(like me) will make sure to check such things.

[sde]

let's not forget we're at 'code newbie', and like people feeling comfortable they can ask/post anything programming related in a positive environment, even if they don't exactly know how to put it. we rarely moderate content unless it is spam.

[DJMaze]

@Mordacai058

well, thank you for explaining what you wanted to achieve and that it works now.

I was flaming because your first post was about the ternary operator and VK_CONTROL and there was nothing about joystick support or anything else.
Also the code you provided works perfectly with ternary.

So how would i have been able to guess what you wanted to achieve?

@SDE

'code newbie' == 'forum newbie' ????
I like to help but a topic without a question and missing the actual needed data to analyze is impossible
It's like "my car won't start." and then forgot to tell i've lost the key

[sde]

yeah, i understood where you were coming from djm but we still like to keep it flameless around here. (i can think of a couple rare exceptions ) your help is always appreciated though.

[redhead]

I'll support DjM here, at first I didnt see any real question, as the ternary operator has nothing todo with the solution. When it was fased out with "Oh, I just got it working" I kinda lost interrest.

But as allways, try to keep the flames here at an acceptable level, theres no reason for any namecalling, btw Mordacai, as for "Regular contributers" I wouldn't point fingers at DjM as he is one of the smart people around..