Re: parsing of if else command

[Ethan A M. <merritt@u.washington.edu>]

On Monday 07 April 2008 23:14, Ethan A Merritt wrote:
> 
> I think the biggest problem with gnuplot's if/else implementation is
> that it is limited to a single line.  The following simple construct,
> if it were possible, would make the whole thing a lot more usable:
>    if (test) load 'option1'; else load 'option2';

Sorry, I tried to construct a minimal example but that one is too minimal.
As written, it actually does work.  The file 'yes' and 'no' contain the
corresponding print statement:

gnuplot> if (1) load 'yes'; else load 'no'
                            ^
         warning: ignoring rest of line
Yes
gnuplot> if (0) load 'yes'; else load 'no'
no


But this one fails:
   if (test) load 'option1'; print 'A';  \
        else load 'option2'; print 'B';


-- 
Ethan A Merritt