Not equals to (number to number)

[brozenadenzen]

Hi, I was wondering is it possible to make variable comparison to a range of numbers in a simple way, something like if X is not equal to 16 to 20 (which are 16,17,18,19,20) then do something. Would be so nice

[Camewel]

You can just do something like this:

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if x > 16 or x < 20 then

Meaning it will be true as long as it is not between these two numbers. Seems a bit silly to add a special function for this.

[kikito]

I usually put the two conditions in a way that makes the numbers increase, from lower to upper:

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if min <= x and x <= max then ... 

if you *really* need a function, this should do:

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function between(x,min,max)
  return min <= x and x <= max
end

Usage:

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if between(x,16,20) then ...

[mickeyjm]

You can just do something like this:

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if x > 16 or x < 20 then

Meaning it will be true as long as it is not between these two numbers. Seems a bit silly to add a special function for this.

Wont that be trur if x is larger than 16 OR less than 20 meaning that anything would return true
Eg. 5<20 therefore continue if statement

[tentus]

Wont that be trur if x is larger than 16 OR less than 20 meaning that anything would return true
Eg. 5<20 therefore continue if statement

True.

[Camewel]

Oh, you know what I meant.

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if x < 16 or x > 20 then

[kikito]

Oh, I read this incorrectly. OP wanted to check that x is not in the range. Well, once you have a function, doing the contrary is easy:

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if not between(x,16,20) then ... 

If you want to write the whole code with no functions, I sill think it helps to have the numbers in order. I'd do something like this:

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if min > x or x > max then ...

But for the negation, I think that "not between" is more clear.

[trubblegum]

Actually, what OP specified was not inrange(x, 16, 20) - between(x, 16, 20) implies exclusion of the range limits, 16 and 20.
So :

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function inrange(x, lower, upper)
  return x >= lower and x <= upper
end

if not inrange(x, 16, 20) then end

You were closer the first time