using if else to set a variable

[Adam Greenberg]

Hi everyone, simple question I think,

Is my 5th line of code correct ?

I am trying to set this variable into a complicated expression, so I did not bother to paste the whole thing, only the problematic line.

Basically I want ”a” to be a variable depending on which layer in the precomp is turned on;

title=precomp1.source.layer(“title”);

title2=precomp1.source.layer(“title 2 lines”);

b=title.sourceRectAtTime();

c=title2.sourceRectAtTime();

if(comp(“precomp”).layer(“title”).active) var a = b else var a = c;

Thanks so much

[Dan Ebberts]

The JavaScript engine won’t accept if/else on a single line in that format. I’d do it like this:

a = comp("precomp").layer("title").active ? b : c;

[Adam Greenberg]

oh ok. Thanks so much Dan