Editor for scripts

[suthers]

Hi All!

I'm writing my first script, and it's getting quite involved at 5 pages long with numerous loops. It's mentioned in one of the help files that you can view/edit the script in an editor that understands the syntax & colors the code accordingly. Where do i find such a one, and are there are freeware ones?

Also, if I want to do a test at the start of the script and then branch into seperate program paths depending on the result, how do I do it without 'goto'? Do I write the seperate paths as seperate scripts & call them from the initial one? And if so, how do I do that?

Shalom

Bill

[/dev/null]

editor that understands the syntax & colors the code accordingly.  Where do i find such a one, and are there are freeware ones?

http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/scite/

Also, if I want to do a test at the start of the script and then branch into seperate program paths depending on the result, how do I do it without 'goto'?  Do I write the seperate paths as seperate scripts & call them from the initial one?  And if so, how do I do that?

Use functions. See help file for more details....

; Test your condition here

if $condition = 1 then 
     action1()
elsif $condition = 2 then 
     action2()
else
     action3()
endif

func action1()
 ; Your code here
endfunc

Cheers

Kurt

Edited August 31, 2005 by /dev/null

[DoctorX]

Yeah, I grew up with BASIC so it took me a while to get out of the habit of relying on GOTO commands myself. Once you get used to working with functions though, you'll find it's so much easier to keep track of everything. The script I'm working on now has over 3,000 lines of code but the main program is actually only eight lines long. It just calls different functions, which in turn call different functions, etc.