• Adobe After Effects Expressions

  Using && in if/else statements

  Posted by Dennis Cheung on December 18, 2020 at 12:32 am

  Hi

  I have slider control attached to a null object aimed to convert collected values based on the content of two text fields. I’m using the && symbol to bring both sides of my statement together.

  In plain English:

  if text1 and text2 don’t say “the magic word” : slider value = 0

  if text1 says “the magic word,” but text2 doesn’t: slider value = 1

  if text1 doesn’t says “the magic word,” but text2 does: slider value = 2

  if text1 and text2 both say “the magic word” : slider value = 3

  My coding:

  away = thisComp.layer(“AWAY TEAM FEEDBACK”).text.sourceText;

  home = thisComp.layer(“HOME TEAM FEEDBACK”).text.sourceText;

  if (away != “TEAM1” && home != “TEAM1”)

  {

  0} else

  if (away = “TEAM1” && home != “TEAM1”)

  {

  1} else

  if (away != “TEAM1” && home = “TEAM1”)

  {

  2} else

  if (away = “TEAM1″&& home = “TEAM1”)

  {

  3} else

  {100}

  THANKS FOR YOUR TIME

  Dan Ebberts replied 5 years, 4 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
• 3 Replies

• 

  Dan Ebberts

  December 18, 2020 at 12:45 am

  For one thing, you’re using = instead of == to check for equality.

  Dan
• 

  Dennis Cheung

  December 18, 2020 at 1:12 am

  Hi Dan

  I used == (and !==) as well, but my slider value is stuck at 0.

  away = thisComp.layer(“AWAY TEAM FEEDBACK”).text.sourceText;

  home = thisComp.layer(“HOME TEAM FEEDBACK”).text.sourceText;

  if (away !== “TEAM1” && home !== “TEAM1”)

  {

  0} else

  if (away == “TEAM1” && home !== “TEAM1”)

  {

  1} else

  if (away !== “TEAM1” && home == “TEAM1”)

  {

  2} else

  if (away == “TEAM1” && home == “TEAM1”)

  {

  3} else

  {100}
• 

  Dan Ebberts

  December 18, 2020 at 1:40 am

  Try changing the first two lines to this:

  away = thisComp.layer("AWAY TEAM FEEDBACK").text.sourceText.value;
  home = thisComp.layer("HOME TEAM FEEDBACK").text.sourceText.value;

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