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Serge · Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2003 6:36 am Post subject: colour coded IF... END

i'd like the IF and END to be correspondingly colour coded as when i have nested loops i find it hard to know which END belongs to which IF...even with the tabbing of the IF and THEN...gggrrrr!!!!

Serge

Mac · Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2003 9:19 am Post subject:

This might not help much (unless you're absolutely lost in your
code), but my code checker has an option that sorts code pairs
(IF/END, REPEAT/UNTIL, etc.) and indents them with line numbers
in a list. It's accurate if there's no missing ones...

http://www.vdsworld.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1322

Cheers, Mac Smile

Skit3000 · Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2003 12:18 pm Post subject:

Maybe you should use a good syntax like this. I always go two spaces to the right after an if or repeat command.

FreezingFire · **Admin Team** Joined: 23 Jun 2002 Posts: 3508

If you don't want to go through all of the work to indent it yourself you can
use Tommy's ScriptFormatter:
http://www.vdsworld.com/archive/index.php?page=topic&board=3&topic=64

Skit3000 · Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2003 4:25 pm Post subject:

'My way' was intended to be used while you are making your code, so that you don't need Tommy's ScriptFormatter... Wink

FreezingFire · **Admin Team** Joined: 23 Jun 2002 Posts: 3508

Yes, Skit, you're absolutely right. Wink

You should always try to write
your code neatly in the first place and then you don't need to use the
ScriptFormatter. Smile

ShinobiSoft · Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2003 4:32 pm Post subject:

Hi Serge,
One thing I do when I get into a seriously nested bunch of code is to keep
an eye on the "Col:" indicator in the IDE's statusbar. Smile

Serge · Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2003 10:24 pm Post subject:

thanks for your thoughts and suggestions Smile

i do indent all my IF and END and REPEAT and UNTIL but sometimes i have so many of them nested that it's hard to keep track of them

and i also use the COL indicator but it's all too hard to keep track

i just think that if they were colour coded by the ide, then you could tell at a glance which are paired up

the main problem is when the nesting occurs beyond a screen length and i have to scroll, then i really get confused sometimes

i have even resorted to printing the code and pairing them up with a pen to make sure that they are paired up properly

i am not so much worried about a missing END as i am about the END being in the wrong part of the code because i usually pair them at the right time

and when i nest some more and make changes...gggrrrr!!!

thanks again

Serge

Tommy · Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2003 12:09 am Post subject:

Personally I would find the following indention better, as it clearly shows which "else"/"end"/"until" belongs to which "if"/"repeat":

ShinobiSoft · Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2003 12:40 am Post subject:

I'm afraid I'd have to agree with Tommy, as that method works quite well
for me. Smile

To be honest, I tend to go a little overboard at times it seems when I'm
working in some other kind of document that isn't spaced properly or
easily read. I usually end up going thru it straightening it up. Wink

Serge · Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2003 12:48 am Post subject:

ditto! i usually use Tommy's method and i always line things up properly (like you bweckel)...looks untidy and messy otherwise...and i can make sense of the code if it's untidy and messy...we are allowd to be somewhat eccentric aren't we?!!?? Smile

Serge

PGWARE · **Web Host** Joined: 29 Dec 2001 Posts: 1566

Agreed, why would you 'nest' the else command within the IF section? Obviously it's doing code that the IF portion is not so it would be (from my point of view) logical to place it outside of the code block of the IF statement.

ShinobiSoft · Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2003 1:45 am Post subject:

FreezingFire · **Admin Team** Joined: 23 Jun 2002 Posts: 3508

I think Prakash was agreeing with you: