if, while not working when indented

[Razorwings18]

I used to script up till v1.2 and then lost interest.
Now I'm getting back to scripting at v1.90 and I found some really nice new scripting commands, like "if" and "while" instead of those ugly "?" and "goto".

Now, when I try to use "if" in a script, the following single-line works perfectly:

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if (((getMarkerPos _markername) select 0)<_MAPHALFX) then{_strowner = "R";}else{_strowner = "B";};
but when I try to indent it so it's more readable like this:

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if (((getMarkerPos _markername) select 0)<_MAPHALFX) then
{
    _strowner = "R";
}
else
{
    _strowner = "B";
};

It gives me a "|#|};': Error Invalid Number in Expression" error.
Same happens with "while". All variables involved are declared. All lines in the script are properly ended by a semicolon.

Any help would be appreciated; I can't find anything on it in OFPEC or CM's site.

[Sui]

Hmm...

I suggest it's because OFP doesn't like indents or new lines in .sqs files. The exception to this being .ext files, in which I'm pretty sure indenting etc. is fine

You have to remember that OFP isn't C++ or any other language, it's kind of a hybrid and has some fairly interesting peculiarities, this most probably being one of them

I think to solve the problem you just need to keep the statement on the same line...

[Razorwings18]

Thanks for your reply, sui.
I'd be prone to say what you're suggesting is the case if it wasn't that I've found working indented if/while clauses on 3rd party functions (sqf)...
Now that I think of it... could it be that those commands can only be indented within functions yet not on the main script?

I'll give it a try in the meantime, but that'd be REALLY shady...

[Ranger]

Your guess is correct.  You can only indent code in .sqf files, but not in .sqs files.  If I'm not mistaken (which I might be), you actually *must* do the newline method with .sqf files, else they will not work.

[Razorwings18]

Yep... it works all right in functions. Thanks all for your help.