OR logical operator problem

[JeViCo]

Hello community! Why this part of code doesn't work?

getBlipIcon(blip) == (32 or 35) then

i really don't want to write 

getBlipIcon(blip) == 32 or getBlipIcon(blip) == 35 then

each time (((

[Mahlukat]

-- it's too short :P
local icon = getBlipIcon(blip)
if icon == 32 or icon == 35 then

-- or

icons = {
	[32] = true,
	[35] = true,
}

if icons[getBlipIcon(blip)] then

 

Edited May 20, 2018 by Mahlukat

[JeViCo]

9 minutes ago, Mahlukat said:

-- it's too short :P
local icon = getBlipIcon(blip)
if icon == 32 or icon == 35 then

-- or

icons = {
	[32] = true,
	[35] = true,
}

if icons[getBlipIcon(blip)] then

 

that's even better! Thank you 

[MIKI785]

Just so that you understand why it doesn't work:

getBlipIcon() == (32 or 35)

let's say that results in:

8 == (32 or 35)

in this case it's obviously false.. but look at this:

35 == (32 or 35)

that is also false.
The reason is that this:

(32 or 35)

always results in 32, because 32 is a number -> it's not a falsey value. The code never even checks what's after the or because it doesn't have to as the condition was already satisfied.
That means that the brackets will always result in 32, and

35 == 32

is obviously false.

Edited May 21, 2018 by MIKI785