Help Determining Result of Function (true/false)

[DamienRoche]

Hi Guys. I'm hoping someone here knows how to do this.

I have a function, let's say:

function dosomert()
{
doing some stuff;
return valid;
}

Now, as you can see, if all is run then it returns valid. But how do I use an if statement to find out what this particular function has returned?

Like:

function checkvalid(){
if (function dosomert.returned='valid'){
do something else;}
}

Any ideas?

Thanks.

[Atli]

Hi.

Consider this:
[code=javascript]
// Create a function to compare something
function compareThings(t hing1, thing2) {
if(thing1 == thing2) {
return true;
}
else {
return false;
}
}

// Check the thing and print results
var result = compareThings(1 , 2);

if(result == true) {
document.write( "They match!");
}
else {
document.write( "They don't match!");
}
[/code]
Is this what you are talking about?

[DamienRoche]

Hi.

Consider this:
[code=javascript]
// Create a function to compare something
function compareThings(t hing1, thing2) {
if(thing1 == thing2) {
return true;
}
else {
return false;
}
}

// Check the thing and print results
var result = compareThings(1 , 2);

if(result == true) {
document.write( "They match!");
}
else {
document.write( "They don't match!");
}
[/code]
Is this what you are talking about?

OMG, that is exactly what I was talking about. My mistake was not putting the result of the function in a variable. That did the trick.

Thank you so much for your time!

[Atli]

OMG, that is exactly what I was talking about. My mistake was not putting the result of the function in a variable. That did the trick.

Thank you so much for your time!

Actually, putting it in a variable isn't really needed either. Although, if you plan on using the returned value more than once, it's best to put it into a variable.

You could just do:
[code=javascript]
if( compareThings(1 , 2) ) {
document.write( "Match!");
} else {
document.write( "No match");
}
[/code]
The compiler will basically replace the function call with the value it returns.