Multichannel Systems Roboocyte2 JavaScript Manual - Manual (Page 3)

The other operators are shortcuts for:
x += 2; is equal to x = x + 2;
x -= 2; is equal to x = x – 2;
x *= 2; is equal to x = x * 2;
x /= 2; is equal to x = x / 2;
Conditions and comparison operators
Comparison operators are normally used with conditional statements. By using these (with keywords
if and else ) you can execute different parts of the script depending on certain conditions. A condition
statement is started with the keyword if , followed by a condition expression within parenthesis and
statements within a block (within {}). It can optionally be followed by an else statement.
if (condition)
{
statements1
}
or
if (condition)
{
statements1
}
else
{
statements2
}
Conditional statements can also be nested:
if (condition1)
{
<optional statements>
if (condition2)
{
statements
}
}
The condition is usually a comparison expression. Comparison operators are
Operator Description Example
== equal x == 2
!= not equal x != 2
> greater x > 2