Depends on the "code" in between really.

Depends on the "code" in between really.

Here's an example from my code:

drawstr="Do you want to continue"
options={"Yes", "No"}
gamestate="choice"
timer.start(textspeed)

drawstr, options, and gamestate are all my own variables.


EDIT: I guess if I'm just assigning variables, I could have it just do that from a table.

In lua you can put functions in a table, though a cleaner way to do that would be the "case" structure if it exists in lua.

Some quick Google-Fu says that there isn't any case structure in Lua.

I think using a table would be quite efficient, it just depends on what variables/attributes you want to use for each case (if statement).
You can also name attributes of a table as well.
Here is some random example, you can possibly use a for loop, depending on the situation.


mtable = { {id = 1, message = "This is the first one", gamestate = "Mode1"},
{id = 2, message = "This is the second one", gamestate = "Mode2"},
{id = 3, message = "This is the third one", gamestate = "Mode3"}
}

function on.paint(gc)
  for g=1, #mtable do     --up to mtable length
    gc:drawString(mtable[g].message, 10, g*20, "top")
  end
end


EDIT: Crap, over 3 month necropost!!! Just noticed.