Case Within Case Or Case Within If Neither Work

[testmeout]

Ok I have tried my code several different ways and nothing is working, I have tried strictly If..ElseIf...Else, I have tried Select Case within Select Case, and I have tried Select Case within If, nothing is working I am not sure if I have maxed out the limit or what but here is my current code. When I do a debug it always get stuck at the first statement within that group, I don't know whats going on

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If $dealcard == 4 Then
        Select
        Case $mytotal < 9 AND $card1 Or $card2 <> 11 
        ControlClick("Program Name", "209", "209")
        Sleep(1000)
    Case 9 <= $mytotal <=11 AND $card1 Or $card2 <> 11 
        ControlClick("Program Name", "210", "210")
        Sleep(1000)
    Case 12 <= $mytotal <= 20 AND $card1 Or $card2 <> 11 
        ControlClick("Program Name", "208", "208")
        Sleep(1000)
    Case 13 <= $mytotal <= 14 
        ControlClick("Program Name", "209", "209")
        Sleep(1000)
    Case 15 <= $mytotal <= 17 
        ControlClick("Program Name", "210", "210")
        Sleep(1000)
    Case $mytotal == 18 
        If ControlCommand( "Program Name", "210", "210", "IsVisible", "1" ) Then
        ControlClick("Program Name", "210", "210")
        Sleep(1000)
        EndIf
        If ControlCommand( "Program Name", "210", "210", "IsVisible", "0" ) Then
        ControlClick("Program Name", "208", "208")
        Sleep(1000)
        EndIf
    Case $mytotal >= 19 
        ControlClick("Program Name", "208", "208")
        Sleep(1000)
    Case $card1 == 2 AND $card2 == 2 Or $card1 == 3 AND $card2 == 3 
        ControlClick("Program Name", "211", "211")
        Sleep(1000)
    Case $card1 == 4 AND $card2 == 4 
        ControlClick("Program Name", "209", "209")
        Sleep(1000)
    Case $card1 == 5 AND $card2 == 5 
        ControlClick("Program Name", "210", "210")
        Sleep(1000)
    Case $card1 == 6 AND $card2 == 6 Or $card1 == 7 AND $card2 == 7 Or $card1 == 8 AND $card2 == 8 Or $card1 == 9 AND $card2 == 9 
        ControlClick("Program Name", "211", "211")
        Sleep(1000)
    Case $card1 == 10 AND $card2 == 10 
        ControlClick("Program Name", "208", "208")
        Sleep(1000)
    Case $card1 == 1 AND $card2 == 1 
        ControlClick("Program Name", "211", "211")
        Sleep(1000)
     Case Else
      If ControlCommand( "Program Name", "112", "112", "IsVisible", "1" ) Then
      ControlClick("Program Name", "112", "112")              
Endif
EndSelect
EndIf

I have ten of these If $dealcard == 1-10 and all of them get stuck on Sleep(1000) on the first case of that group

Any ideas?

[Valuater]

first you could remove the sleep(1000) from each if/case and put it (once) just before the last endif/endselect

second you can use

getmessage()

case....

if... end inside the case

yours above wont work ( i dont think)

**** still on this one huh?

8)

[testmeout]

Are you talking about GUIGetMsg()?

I am not sure how to implement that command for this situation, could you please explain.

I am not creating any GUI interface, so I don't think this would apply.

[LxP]

The following lines are at fault here:

Case $mytotal < 9 AND $card1 Or $card2 <> 11
    Case 9 <= $mytotal <=11 AND $card1 Or $card2 <> 11
    Case 12 <= $mytotal <= 20 AND $card1 Or $card2 <> 11
    Case 13 <= $mytotal <= 14
    Case 15 <= $mytotal <= 17

Perhaps by this:

$card1 Or $card2 <> 11

you mean this:

($Card1 <> 11) Or ($Card2 <> 11); if one of the cards does not equal 11

and when you mean this:

12 <= $mytotal <= 20

you must say this:

($MyTotal >= 12 And $MyTotal <= 20)

Also, the following may not work as expected:

Case $card1 == 2 AND $card2 == 2 Or $card1 == 3 AND $card2 == 3
    Case $card1 == 6 AND $card2 == 6 Or $card1 == 7 AND $card2 == 7 Or $card1 == 8 AND $card2 == 8

It's best to use brackets so as not to be ambiguous. If your use of caps here indicate higher precedence then you want this:

Case ($card1 == 2 AND $card2 == 2) Or ($card1 == 3 AND $card2 == 3)
    Case ($card1 == 6 AND $card2 == 6) Or ($card1 == 7 AND $card2 == 7) Or ($card1 == 8 AND $card2 == 8)

[testmeout]

Thanks for the corrections, but something is still wrong with the nesting

Is it better to have the select case within an if statement or

select case within select case or

if within if statement

No matter what I have tried it always executes the first cases control click

Case $mytotal < 9 AND $card1 Or $card2 <> 11 
        ControlClick("Program Name", "209", "209")

Even when the case is false and doesn't evaluate the other cases.

I have no clue why it does this. Any ideas?

[LxP]

Because logically this is still incorrect:

Case $mytotal < 9 AND $card1 Or $card2 <> 11

The code beneath this line will be chosen for execution whenever $Card2 does not equal 11 or whenever ($MyTotal < 9 And $Card1 <> 0). This is probably not what you want.

• If by $card1 Or $card2 <> 11 you mean $card1 <> 11 Or $card2 <> 11, you must explicitly state this to AutoIt.
• When you are using And and Or together, you must use brackets to clearly determine how the logic should be interpreted.

My guess (without any knowledge of what you're trying to do) is that your Case line should therefore be written like this:

Case ($MyTotal < 9) And ($Card1 <> 11 Or $Card2 <> 11)
; If both $MyTotal is less than 9, AND either $Card1 or $Card2
; or both cards do not equal 11, then execute the following code

[testmeout]

Thank you so much for your help LxP, the code is working great once I bracketed everything, except one part is still not evaluating and I'm not sure why

If $dealcard == 4 Then
        Select
        Case (($mytotal < 9) AND ($card1 <> 11 Or $card2 <> 11)) 
        ControlClick("Program Name", "209", "209")
    Case (($mytotal >= 9 And $mytotal <=11) AND ($card1 <> 11 Or $card2 <> 11)) 
        ControlClick("Program Name", "210", "210")
        $currentvalue = (IniRead ("counter.ini", "counter", "currentcount", "0" ) + 1)
      Iniwrite ( "counter.ini", "counter", "currentcount", $currentvalue)
    Case (($mytotal >= 12 And $mytotal <= 20) AND ($card1 <> 11 Or $card2 <> 11)) 
        ControlClick("Program Name", "208", "208")
    Case ($mytotal >= 13 And $mytotal <= 14) 
        ControlClick("Program Name", "209", "209")
    Case ($mytotal >= 15 And $mytotal <= 17) 
        ControlClick("Program Name", "210", "210")
        $currentvalue = (IniRead ("counter.ini", "counter", "currentcount", "0" ) + 1)
      Iniwrite ( "counter.ini", "counter", "currentcount", $currentvalue)
    Case ($mytotal == 18) 
        If ControlCommand( "Program Name", "210", "210", "IsVisible", "1" ) Then
        ControlClick("Program Name", "210", "210")
        $currentvalue = (IniRead ("counter.ini", "counter", "currentcount", "0" ) + 1)
      Iniwrite ( "counter.ini", "counter", "currentcount", $currentvalue)
        ElseIf ControlCommand( "Program Name", "210", "210", "IsVisible", "0" ) Then
        ControlClick("Program Name", "208", "208")
        $currentvalue = (IniRead ("counter.ini", "counter", "currentcount", "0" ) + 1)
      Iniwrite ( "counter.ini", "counter", "currentcount", $currentvalue)
        EndIf
    Case ($mytotal >= 19)
        ControlClick("Program Name", "208", "208")

Up until this point there are no problems but the following code still won't evaluate it just does the first case because it is true first.

Case (($mytotal < 9) AND ($card1 <> 11 Or $card2 <> 11)) 
        ControlClick("Program Name", "209", "209")

So should I make it

Case (($mytotal < 9) AND ($card1 <> 11 Or $card2 <> 11) And (($card1 <> 2 AND $card2 <> 2) Or ($card1 <> 3 AND $card2 <>3) Or ($card1 <> 4 AND $card2 <> 4) Or ($card1 <> 5 AND $card2 <> 5) Or ($card1 <> 6 AND $card2 <> 6) Or ($card1 <> 7 AND $card2 <> 7) Or ($card1 <> 8 AND $card2 <> 8) Or ($card1 <> 9 AND $card2 <> 9))) 
        ControlClick("Program Name", "209", "209")

I am sure the better way to do it would be to create a variable

If (($card1 <> 2 AND $card2 <> 2) Or ($card1 <> 3 AND $card2 <>3) Or ($card1 <> 4 AND $card2 <> 4) Or ($card1 <> 5 AND $card2 <> 5) Or ($card1 <> 6 AND $card2 <> 6) Or ($card1 <> 7 AND $card2 <> 7) Or ($card1 <> 8 AND $card2 <> 8) Or ($card1 <> 9 AND $card2 <> 9)) Then
$pair = 1
EndIf

Case (($mytotal < 9) AND ($card1 <> 11 Or $card2 <> 11) And $pair <> 1) 
        ControlClick("Program Name", "209", "209")

Is this the best way to accomplish this or should I just move the bottom code to the top duh I am going to try that since whenever it hits a true case then it finishes

Rest of Code (Well going to be begining)

Case (($card1 == 2 AND $card2 == 2) Or ($card1 == 3 AND $card2 == 3)) 
        ControlClick("Program Name", "211", "211")
        $currentvalue = (IniRead ("counter.ini", "counter", "currentcount", "0" ) + 1)
      Iniwrite ( "counter.ini", "counter", "currentcount", $currentvalue)
    Case ($card1 == 4 AND $card2 == 4)
        ControlClick("Program Name", "209", "209")
    Case ($card1 == 5 AND $card2 == 5) 
        ControlClick("Program Name", "210", "210")
        $currentvalue = (IniRead ("counter.ini", "counter", "currentcount", "0" ) + 1)
      Iniwrite ( "counter.ini", "counter", "currentcount", $currentvalue)
    Case (($card1 == 6 AND $card2 == 6) Or ($card1 == 7 AND $card2 == 7) Or ($card1 == 8 AND $card2 == 8) Or ($card1 == 9 AND $card2 == 9)) 
        ControlClick("Program Name", "211", "211")
        $currentvalue = (IniRead ("counter.ini", "counter", "currentcount", "0" ) + 1)
      Iniwrite ( "counter.ini", "counter", "currentcount", $currentvalue)
    Case ($card1 == 10 AND $card2 == 10) 
        ControlClick("Program Name", "208", "208")
    Case ($card1 == 1 AND $card2 == 1) 
        ControlClick("Program Name", "211", "211")
        $currentvalue = (IniRead ("counter.ini", "counter", "currentcount", "0" ) + 1)
      Iniwrite ( "counter.ini", "counter", "currentcount", $currentvalue)
     Case Else
      If ControlCommand( "Program Name", "112", "112", "IsVisible", "1" ) Then
      ControlClick("Program Name", "112", "112")              
Endif
EndSelect
Sleep(1000)
EndIf

Thanks for all the help I hope moving it up works

[themax90]

What exactly are you making? I made a blackjack video game, perhaps you would like to use the card deck system to make it a bit easier.

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.ph...topic=14163&hl=

The actual zip is in my signature. It could streamline your process and forgo alot of work. I don't know if you have a card database yet, just a suggestion.

[LxP]

What exactly are you making? I made a blackjack video game, perhaps you would like to use the card deck system to make it a bit easier.

From the provided code it appears that the original poster is working on automating another game.

Up until this point there are no problems but the following code still won't evaluate it just does the first case because it is true first.

Select..Case..EndSelect will only ever run at most one Case block, so introducing a variable as you describe would likely get the job done. If you feel like it however, I would suggest perhaps posting your complete code in case your logic can be simplified. For instance:

If (($card1 <> 2 AND $card2 <> 2) Or ($card1 <> 3 AND $card2 <>3) Or ($card1 <> 4 AND $card2 <> 4) Or ($card1 <> 5 AND $card2 <> 5) Or ($card1 <> 6 AND $card2 <> 6) Or ($card1 <> 7 AND $card2 <> 7) Or ($card1 <> 8 AND $card2 <> 8) Or ($card1 <> 9 AND $card2 <> 9)) Then

can most probably be simplified to this (i.e. it would be true for the above case):

If $Card1 <> $Card2 Then

or perhaps this (again depending on precisely what you want to achieve):

If ($Card1 > 1) And ($Card2 > 1) And ($Card1 < 10) And ($Card2 < 10) And ($Card1 <> $Card2) Then