I have an existing csh script which I know works, but I need to update some links in it so that it will run on a different computer. After updating the links, the script won't work. I've narrowed it down to what the problem is and it's not related to the updates I just done and can't work out why it won't work. The issue is with the following if statement:

set a = (an integer)
set b = (an integer)

foreach entry
set c = (formula that produces an integer)
set d = (formula that produces an integer)

if ($c <= $a) then
if ($b <= $d) then
(run a set of commands)
endif
endif
end

Basically I want it to do is if both integers (c and d) are less than a and b, then do the commands, otherwise do nothing.

Any advice?

You can use the "||" or operator or the "&&" and operator.


http://www.cs.utah.edu/~zachary/comp...-11/node9.html

Another way ... and a more generalized way ... to approach a problem like this one is to split the problem into two consecutive halves.

First, you decide whichever one of however-many mutually exclusive "states" you are now in ... Then, you carry out the appropriate response for each "state."

For example, consider logic such as the following:

state = 0;
if (a > b) state = state + 1;
if (d > e) state = state + 2;
if (f > g) state = state + 4;
...

(Now, state has a unique value from 0 to 4+2+1=7, representing every possible combination of the above decisions. So...)

switch (state) {
case 0: ...
case 1: ...
...
}

In this way, you have explicitly separated the first concern, of "deciding what to do" (and of "how to make that decision"), from the second concern of "now, go and do the appropriate thing." In this way, you have now paved the way to expressing fairly-arbitrary decision logic in a way that will always be clear.