Conditional Expression with "any string" condition

[Mupp]

I have a Conditional Expression that checks if a string is any of the predefined options. It works as long as it only checks against one name, but as soon I add ||, it always returns true as long as the string is not null.
What is wrong?

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spawned_obj_str == ("part3(Clone)" || "part7b(Clone)" || "part8(Clone)"
|| "part8b(Clone)" || "part9(Clone)")

[Alex Chouls]

Hmmm, not sure. I'll investigate and report back.

EDIT: I think the problem is that the expression isn't correct. You can't use logical or on strings like that. What you really mean is:

spawned_obj_str == "part3(Clone)" || spawned_obj_str == "part7b(Clone)" || spawned_obj_str == "part8(Clone)" etc.

I think there is also a Regex action on the Ecosystem you could try. Although regular expressions can be tricky to write.

EDIT: A thread on the Regex action: https://hutonggames.com/playmakerforum/index.php?topic=7005.0

[Mupp]

Thanks. Wonder why that doesn't work with strings though.

[djaydino]

Hi.
A String Switch would work for this as well maybe.

[Mupp]

No, the conditions changes so I set the conditions to a string too. Think you can't do this in a good way with a switch.

[Alex Chouls]

Thanks. Wonder why that doesn't work with strings though.

Each part of a conditional expression has to evaluate as true or false.

"part3(Clone)" || "part7b(Clone)" doesn't evaluate as true or false.

If you typed the same code in C# you would get an error:
Operator || cannot be applied to operands of type 'string' and 'string'

You're filling in the intent when you read the whole expression because you know what you want to do - but the code is more literal.

I'll see if there's a way to show these kinds of errors, that you would get in a code editor, in the ConditionalExpression editor.