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C#

Posted by havocblast
havocblast
604 Points

Why not use a if statement, wouldn't that be cleaner/easier to read?

is there a reason that the video used:

bool inBounds = point.X >= 0 && point.X < Width && point.Y >= 0 && point.Y < Height;

Instead of using it as an IF statement?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points

Since the objective is to assign a boolean value to "inBounds", it makes the code more compact to assign it directly with the result of the evaluation.

Technically, you could get the same result by doing the evaluation in an "if" expression and then assign a true or false value, but it takes more code. And some might say that the single-statement version is easier to read as well, but that's probably based on more familiarity with comparison and logic expressions.