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I have got confused about where the sketch will return after calling a statement.

I have looked at the IfStatement section of the tutorial ( which incidentaly shows an LED connected to a pin with no resistor !  a 220 ohm res is mentioned in the parts list, but not on the Fritzing or the schematic )

I have made a sort of flowchart for a sketch I must write,   simplified, I have  if ( vtSense == HIGH ) { update () ;}
some parts of the update statement refer a variable " timing "  which is HIGH or LOW.

At the end of update () the sketch must continue to another statement called  "checkclock ()"

If vtSense is LOW however , from the if function,  I want it to set  timing = LOW , and then carry on to the checkclock() statement.

I always assumed the "if" function would return to where it was called, which in this case would then set the timing LOW, which I dont want.

If I use an "else "  for setting the timing LOW,  would it skip this ?,  it seems to be from this part of the tutorial which is talking about multiple tests

else can proceed another if test, so that multiple, mutually exclusive tests can be run at the same time.
Each test will proceed to the next one until a true test is encountered. When a true test is found, its associated block of code is run, and the program then skips to the line following the entire if/else construction.

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A more complete example that demonstrates this problem would help.

returning from a statement

You mean, a function?

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Code:

if ( vtSense == HIGH ) { update () ;}

some parts of the update statement refer a variable " timing "  which is HIGH or LOW.

At the end of update () the sketch must continue to another statement called  "checkclock ()"

Not in the code you posted it doesn't.

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Posts: 999

Almost there!

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What Nick is getting at is that it is necessary to see all of your code in order to provide advice.

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I know  999 , I thought I would go out on a bang with a confused posting!  

I have been up since 3am trying to get the rough idea of this sketch together, and I get my functions and statements mixed up at the best of times :-(

I havnt actually written anything yet, apart from some of the subroutines   er I mean functions :-)

Basically does an if statement return to the part of the sketch immediately after the statement ( in other words to the first line that would have been if the statement was false ) ?

and if I use "else"  ( and the statement is true ) would it rather return to the first line after what it would have run had the statement been false ?

If this doesnt make sense I will write a bit of sample code to try / post.

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An "if" doesn't really go anywhere, so seeing your code will help answer your question.

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Posts: 1000

Congrats on becoming an Edison member!

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Thanks Nick,    Edison is very confusing with simple code !

I will post somethng when I have got it written ( if I am still confused )  perhaps half an hour on the stoep on my hammock will help :-)

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So now I start to write a test using blink in the background to make sure its running :-

Code:

// int timing = LOW;
//int vtState = LOW;
int number  ;

void setup() {                
  number = 2;
  pinMode(13, OUTPUT);  
 Serial.begin(9600);  
  Serial.print(' number =  '); Serial.println(number);
}

void loop() {
  digitalWrite(13, HIGH);   // set the LED on
  Serial.print(' number =  '); Serial.println(number);
  delay(1000);              // wait for a second
  digitalWrite(13, LOW);    // set the LED off
  delay(1000);              // wait for a second
}

and when I run even this, the serial out on the monitor ( at 9600 ) just shows 82242 every second,  with no text , even in setup.

The LED is blinking OK so the chip is OK.

Edison looks like its going to be interesting ............

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Code:

Serial.print(' number =  ');

Double quotes for strings.

82242

The last 2 is the one you printed, and 8224 = 0x2020 = two spaces.

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Thanks AWOL,  at least I had the grounds connected :-)

I have never typed that before ,   I must get some sleep.

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Ease up on the Stellenbosch   

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The suns not Gone down yet ! 

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That glass in your hand looks pretty well-lit!