10 Rules of otherwise - performance question

Stormtrix

Morning -
Just curious if this really matters --

If you have 10 rules like the below example -which way is better to implement them or does it really matter??

Rule #1
If game.attribute = 1
Play sound 1
-otherwise-
Rule #2
If game.attribute =2
Play sound 2
-otherwise-
Rule #3
If game.attribute =3
Play sound 3

and so on to 10

** OR **

just list 10 separate rules

Rule #1
If game.attribute = 1
Play sound 1

Rule #2
If game.attribute =2
Play sound 2

Rule #3
If game.attribute =3
Play sound 3

and so on to 10

thx

crazyfishdev

You want the second one... The first one wont work <><

Stormtrix

sure it will crazy.. i've had it work before actually.

Stormtrix

thx tshirt..

firemaplegames

the first one.

the second one will needlessly read all the rules, even when a condition has been met.

crazyfishdev

sry missed the rules under the otherwise... my bad yea it will work with the rules in place
(thats what you get for posting just when you wake up )

heathcc

Is there a performance benefit to either?

I'm not smart enough to nest Otherwise statements too far without ripping my hair out. Well, what it left of it.

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hackmodford

The otherwise statements will save on performance because if the first one is true it won't bother computing the rest...

So if 1 is true it doens't check the 9 other If Statements...
If 1 is false then it checks if 2 is true... if that one is it doesn't need to check the rest, and so on.

So yes the first 1 is a better choice as long as you don't want 1 and 2 to be true at the same time...