# Randomtest weirdness cannot extract another token **URL:** \ **Category:** ChoiceScript Help\ **Created:** [November 6, 2017, 8:57pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/randomtest-weirdness-cannot-extract-another-token/32015 "2017-11-06T20:57:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![malinryden](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/malinryden/32/272913_2.png) [@malinryden](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/malinryden)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 8:57pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/randomtest-weirdness-cannot-extract-another-token/32015/1 "2017-11-06T20:57:58Z")
Well, since playtesting of Fallen Hero is almost at an end, I was going to run a few randomtests to see if anything that people have missed popped up. Apart from some code that I have to hide (names stuff), one weird thing that pops up all the time as an error is this: RANDOMTEST FAILED: Error: chapter01 line 1939: Invalid expression, couldn’t extract another token: The cone in question is: ``` *if (puppet_gender = "woman") #…Latina You're not sure what ${phis} origins are, and the fact that ${phe} looks like a Latina doesn't narrow it down much in these parts. ``` This happens everywhere I am having \*if statements in my choice code (I have a LOT). This has never been an issue before, quicktest runs fine and I’ve had a lot of people testing the game and no errors have occurred. What kind of weird wording do randomtest want for \*if statements in choices? EDIT; A better, longer same of code that gives the same error on noth the named and the complicated variables: ``` *fake_choice #This isn't good. The reporter has heard too much. This isn't good. You can't help the nervous twitch on your face. The reporter has heard too much — will you have to do something about this later? *if (named) #It's fine — ${name} is a common name. No reason for anything to come of this. It's fine — ${name} is a common name, and there is no reason for anything to come of this. After tonight, there's going to be a lot more interesting news to focus on. *set arrogance %+ 5 *if (complicated) #But who is Ortega interested in? That's what you want to know. Is she talking about ${name} or ${puppet_name}? When did your life get this complicated? You only have yourself to blame. #So I'm having that much of an effect on Ortega? That is good to know. So you are having that much of an effect on Ortega? It's good to know that ${he}'s not just playing pretend. "Are you sure that's not just guilt talking?" Herald has walked over to Lady Argent now, looking down at her. He's half a head taller than her, even though he's not floating right now. ``` ---
**Author:** ![Nocturnal\_Stillness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/nocturnal_stillness/32/100414_2.png) [@Nocturnal\_Stillness](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Nocturnal_Stillness)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 9:36pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/randomtest-weirdness-cannot-extract-another-token/32015/3 "2017-11-06T21:36:19Z")
Try putting the choice under the \*if ``` *if (read) #I read the message. ``` ---
**Author:** ![malinryden](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/malinryden/32/272913_2.png) [@malinryden](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/malinryden)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 9:41pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/randomtest-weirdness-cannot-extract-another-token/32015/4 "2017-11-06T21:41:03Z")
It solves it, but… Oh god, do I need to do that for every choice in the game? \*sighs- It follows the syntax described, and it plays fine. Why can’t the randomtest get it to work? I know you have no answer, I am just complaining into the air because I’ve got really complicated choice structures which now have to be retooled from scratch. Just for that bloody test. ---
**Author:** ![Nocturnal\_Stillness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/nocturnal_stillness/32/100414_2.png) [@Nocturnal\_Stillness](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Nocturnal_Stillness)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/randomtest-weirdness-cannot-extract-another-token/32015/5 "2017-11-06T21:47:20Z")
Yeah for some reason it doesn’t like \*if on the choice line but it doesn’t mind \*selectable\_if ---
**Author:** ![dfabulich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/dfabulich/32/198373_2.png) [@dfabulich](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/dfabulich)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/randomtest-weirdness-cannot-extract-another-token/32015/6 "2017-11-06T22:07:52Z")
Generally speaking, this happens when you’re accidentally “falling in” to a `#` option, like this: ``` *create leadership 50 *create strength 50 *choice *if (leadership = 50) #A A! *ending *if (strength = 50) #B B! *if (leadership != 50) #…C C?! *ending ``` There is a real bug here: if you choose `#B`, there should be an `*ending`, but instead, it just falls into the `#C` line. ChoiceScript doesn’t realize that this is an `#option` line, but instead thinks you just randomly wrote `#…C` on an otherwise ordinary `*if` line. “Can’t extract another token” means “I couldn’t understand the rest of this line.” Moving the `#…C` line to the next line doesn’t actually fix the bug, but it does make error messages clearer when they fail. ---
**Author:** ![Havenstone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/havenstone/32/198451_2.png) [@Havenstone](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Havenstone)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 4:35am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/randomtest-weirdness-cannot-extract-another-token/32015/7 "2017-11-07T04:35:12Z")
> [@malinryden](#): > > Oh god, do I need to do that for every choice in the game? \*sighs- From my own RT experience, I think it’s every fake\_choice. Which is no comfort when you’ve used fake\_choice to avoid having to use \*gotos, which I guess most folks do nowadays… ---
**Author:** ![Szaal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/szaal/32/112202_2.png) [@Szaal](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Szaal)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 4:55am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/randomtest-weirdness-cannot-extract-another-token/32015/8 "2017-11-07T04:55:13Z")
> [@Havenstone](#): > > which I guess most folks do nowadays… That’s why… `*create implicit_control_flow true`, [guys](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/new-choicescript-features-implicit-control-flow-gosub-parameters/30042) ლ(ಠ益ಠლ) BTW, I like your title, @Havenstone . ---
**Author:** ![malinryden](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/malinryden/32/272913_2.png) [@malinryden](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/malinryden)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/randomtest-weirdness-cannot-extract-another-token/32015/9 "2017-11-08T18:06:11Z")
Thank you so much! Now that I understand how randomtest worked, it was a breeze clearing up the issues. Thank you for taking the time to explain it, that removed all the frustration of fixing things \<3 ---
**Author:** ![lunawisp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/lunawisp/32/85423_2.png) [@lunawisp](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/lunawisp)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2018, 10:04am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/randomtest-weirdness-cannot-extract-another-token/32015/10 "2018-05-30T10:04:39Z")
> [@Szaal](#): > > That’s why… `*create implicit_control_flow true` , [guys](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/new-choicescript-features-implicit-control-flow-gosub-parameters/30042) This is the first thing I put in any CS story. I just couldn’t get used to the idea of having to put “\*goto label” all over the place. It just felt so awkward and clunky. As long as you’re using an editor that helps out with automatic indenting, I think using this makes things a LOT easier to write. Does for me anyway 😉