Array problem

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Adam Novagen

Here's an interesting bit of info about using If statements with True and False operators. Coding something like:

If variable = False

Is the same as saying:

If variable = 0

Or:

If Not variable

Basically, False is equal to zero. True, on the other hand, can represent two different things. If you use it in this fashion:

variable = True

Then True will equal 1, and that value will be stored in variable. If, however, you use it like this:

If variable = True

Then True represents any value greater than 0. How you "phrase" your code doesn't usually make a difference to the output, it just makes it more or less compact. So, instead of:

If variable = False

Consider:

If Not variable

And instead of:

If variable = True

Consider:

If variable

That's all. Happy coding!