# Help with if command **URL:** \ **Category:** ChoiceScript Help\ **Tags:** tips\ **Created:** [September 21, 2020, 11:16pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/help-with-if-command/86666 "2020-09-21T23:16:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Acarr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df788c/32.png) [@Acarr](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Acarr)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2020, 11:16pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/help-with-if-command/86666/1 "2020-09-21T23:16:11Z")
Hi, I’m really new to this//coding in general, but this is driving me up the wall. Is it possible to use if/else choices to create alternate display texts? I thought it was, but whenever I try it just skips to the first “if” option regardless of what the stats are. I’ve been trying to set it so that if you have a high enough stat in one category, you’ll get alternate scenes. I think it might have something to do with the way my stats are set up, but I’m not sure. It’s a percentage stat, so I don’t know if I can do the (\*create example true) variable that I’ve been seeing. * * * Currently my coding is: \*if Wilder\_romance \>15 Wilder clears ${pronoun2} throat nervously “Well, um…” A small smile curls at the corner of my mouth. It’s very rare to see Wilder genuinely flustered, and I always appreciate the sight. “Would you like to dance,” I ask {pronoun3}, reaching out a hand for him to take. If I'm not mistaken, I think I see the tips of Wilder's ears turn red. !{pronoun} runs a hand through ${pronoun2} hair nervously. Accepting my extended hand, Wilder delicately puts {pronoun2} right hand in my left, and places {pronoun2} other hand on my waist. \*goto Boom \*else Wilder clears ${pronoun2} throat, slightly uncomfortable. “Well, ${title}. Has anyone caught your eye yet?” I smile at the teasing tone in Wilder’s voice. It’s pleasant to hear someone talk to me so casually after an evening full of rigid formality. \*goto Boom * * * If anyone can help, I would appreciate it. I have the first chapter almost finished, but mentally I can’t move on until I get this solved. ---
**Author:** ![Gower](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/gower/32/21972_2.png) [@Gower](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Gower)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2020, 11:22pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/help-with-if-command/86666/2 "2020-09-21T23:22:37Z")
If you use the \ button, just above where you are typing here, you can format your code so we can see if you are indenting properly. When you create a numerical variable, it must be created as a numerical variable like this: \*create example 0 rather than \*create example true Also, as a side note–careful not to do “{pronoun3}” but instead do ${pronoun3}–I saw a few of those in your code above. ---
**Author:** ![Acarr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df788c/32.png) [@Acarr](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Acarr)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2020, 11:32pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/help-with-if-command/86666/4 "2020-09-21T23:32:57Z")
Thank you!!! ---
**Author:** ![greendaisy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/greendaisy/32/97527_2.png) [@greendaisy](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/greendaisy)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2020, 11:33pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/help-with-if-command/86666/5 "2020-09-21T23:33:45Z")
You’re missing your parentheses and a couple of spaces are off should be most of the issue: ``` *if (Wilder_romance > 15) Wilder clears ${pronoun2} throat nervously “Well, um…” A small smile curls at the corner of my mouth. It’s very rare to see Wilder genuinely flustered, and I always appreciate the sight. “Would you like to dance,” I ask ${pronoun3}, reaching out a hand for him to take. If I'm not mistaken, I think I see the tips of Wilder's ears turn red. $!{pronoun} runs a hand through ${pronoun2} hair nervously. Accepting my extended hand, Wilder delicately puts ${pronoun2} right hand in my left, and places ${pronoun2} other hand on my waist. *goto Boom *else Wilder clears ${pronoun2} throat, slightly uncomfortable. “Well, ${title}. Has anyone caught your eye yet?” I smile at the teasing tone in Wilder’s voice. It’s pleasant to hear someone talk to me so casually after an evening full of rigid formality. *goto Boom ``` ---
**Author:** ![Gower](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/gower/32/21972_2.png) [@Gower](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Gower)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2020, 11:34pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/help-with-if-command/86666/6 "2020-09-21T23:34:30Z")
You don’t actually need those parentheses. `*if Wilder_romance > 15` works totally fine. It’s not a terrible habit to get in, and you will need them when you get into testing multiple variables, but for one variable, you don’t need them. ---
**Author:** ![cup\_half\_empty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/cup_half_empty/32/273983_2.png) [@cup\_half\_empty](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/cup_half_empty)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2020, 11:52pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/help-with-if-command/86666/7 "2020-09-21T23:52:19Z")
> [@Acarr](#): > > him I think this should be `${pronoun2}` ---
**Author:** ![Acarr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df788c/32.png) [@Acarr](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Acarr)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 12:30am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/help-with-if-command/86666/8 "2020-09-22T00:30:39Z")
Whoops. Yeah I have a lot of little things like that I need to clean up, I started writing the plot before I began working on the code, ---
**Author:** ![Acarr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df788c/32.png) [@Acarr](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Acarr)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 12:30am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/help-with-if-command/86666/9 "2020-09-22T00:30:41Z")
Thank you so much!!! This fixed it! ---
**Author:** ![will](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/will/32/132033_2.png) [@will](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/will)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 4:08am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/help-with-if-command/86666/10 "2020-09-22T04:08:08Z")
``` *if (Wilder_romance > 15) Wilder clears ${pronoun2} throat nervously “Well, um…” A small smile curls at the corner of my mouth. It’s very rare to see Wilder genuinely flustered, and I always appreciate the sight. “Would you like to dance,” I ask ${pronoun3}, reaching out a hand for him to take. If I'm not mistaken, I think I see the tips of Wilder's ears turn red. $!{pronoun} runs a hand through ${pronoun2} hair nervously. Accepting my extended hand, Wilder delicately puts ${pronoun2} right hand in my left, and places ${pronoun2} other hand on my waist. *goto Boom *else Wilder clears ${pronoun2} throat, slightly uncomfortable. “Well, ${title}. Has anyone caught your eye yet?” I smile at the teasing tone in Wilder’s voice. It’s pleasant to hear someone talk to me so casually after an evening full of rigid formality. *goto Boom ``` Fixing a couple indents in this example. You’ll get a “can’t fall out of if/else statement” error otherwise. By the way I really like your style of writing from the example here! ---
**Author:** ![Acarr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df788c/32.png) [@Acarr](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Acarr)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 6:38pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/help-with-if-command/86666/11 "2020-09-22T18:38:37Z")
Thank you! I’m really enjoying this project, I hope I keep working on it.