Code - a value between two values?

[RFH Reseller: creativeworks]

is there short hand when evaulating if a value is between/within two values?

ie, instead of

if ((value1 > value 2) && (value1 < value3)) {}

[RFH Reseller: nick]

not that I can think of, except you shouldn't need so many brackets:

if (value1 > value2 && value1 < value3) {}

[RFH Reseller: creativeworks]

if i always wondered if there was a shorthand for evaluating an integer against being between two other integers resulting in a boolean perhaps,

ie, if (value1[value2,value3]) {}

[RFH Reseller: nick]

On paper I would probably write

(value2<value1<value3)

I don't know of any programming language that lets you write the statement more efficiently though, however there maybe one that provides a function like:

is_between(value1, value2, value3)

(and if there isn't you could write your own)

I don't think you would gain anything with it though. At the end of the day to work out whether one number is between two others a computer has to do two separate comparisons, and I expect the most efficient and quick way of writing that is still:

(value1>value2 && value1<value3)

And as a human being trying to read the code, it also seems better having the comparison written clearly and obviously.

[RFH Reseller: creativeworks]

guess that's a no then.

like you say, if it's easy to read, it's probably the only option!

[RFH Reseller: Sol]

I don't know of any programming language that lets you write the statement more efficiently though

How about Transact-SQL which would let you do:

SELECT field1, field2 FROM someTable WHERE @value BETWEEN begin_expression AND end_expression

[RFH Reseller: nick]

[RFH Reseller: creativeworks]

that's the code that had me asking questions sol!!

taping away using between on an sql query, i wondered... (waving retro dream like... waves)...

'do other programming languages use this short hand?'

the answer so far is no (for the ones i use, anyhow)