Putting logic in shuffles?

[ClaireHosking]

Hi All,

I'm v new to ink and I'm wondering is there a way to perform logic based on the outcome of a shuffle?

I feel like I'd want to be able to do something like this

VAR holding_item = false
{~He hands me a cup of coffee {holding_item = true} | He hands me the newspaper {holding_item = true}}

Although it feels like the markup is encouraging me to do it more like this

VAR holding_item = false
{~He hands me a cup of coffee {set_bool(holding_item, true)} | He hands me the newspaper  {set_bool(holding_item, true)}}

== function set_bool (bool, state)
~ bool = state

I read all the documentation and searched these topics but I couldn't quite tell what was the proper way to do this. Any help appreciated!

[joningold]

Hey! The second way is the way to do it; we often make little atomic functions for use inline (even "set_true" and "set_false" to keep things short.) Note that your function needs to use the "ref" keyword to show that's going to actually edit the Boolean variable itself, rather than making a new temporary value and setting that. == function set_bool (ref bool, state) ~ bool = state Cheers! Jon

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[ClaireHosking]

aha! Awesome, thanks for this!