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Boolean function

PK_0 — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 12:57:35 GMT

Hello. I need to write a function that returns a boolean value, which I can then use in an IF statement. I'm not entirely sure how to implement this correctly.
Could someone please provide an example of how this can be done? Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated!

Re: Boolean function

TK.421 — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 13:47:49 GMT

here's a quick example. what are you looking to return?

bool b = $toolpath.ZRange.Maximum.Active

// if the status is false pop message box

// (to check if true use '1')

IF b == 0 {

MESSAGE INFO "No"

}

Betreff: Boolean function

icse — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 14:50:26 GMT

Can you tell us in detail what your goal is?

heres an example of a function that returns a boolean value:

function main() { bool $yourBool = 0 call yourFunction($yourBool) if $yourBool { message info "True" } else { message info "False" } } function yourFunction(output bool $b) { $b = 1 }

when you call yourFunction in the main method the value gets changed to true.

Re: Boolean function

PK_0 — Fri, 21 Jun 2024 05:50:59 GMT

What would be macro alternative to this python code?:

def is_even(number):
if number % 2 == 0:
return True
else:
return False

number_to_check = 4

if is_even(number_to_check):
print("even")
else:
print("odd")

Re: Boolean function

icse — Fri, 21 Jun 2024 11:20:56 GMT

i cant test it atm but it should look something like this:

function is_even(int $number, output bool $result) { if ($number % 2) == 0 { $result = True } else { $result = False } } function main() { int $number_to_check = 4 bool $even = 0 Call is_even($number_to_check,$even) if $even { message info "Even" } else { message info "Odd" } }