Syntax question: checking a variable for multiple values [answered]

[marscaleb]

Is there a shorthand way to check one variable for multiple values?

For example:

if (Value1 != x && Value1 != y)

I find myself wanting to shorten that, since I am checking the same value, I want to write it out as "value != (x or y)."
Especially since when I end up checking the same value for multiple entries I usually have some long-A variable names.
Is there a shorthand way to write that?

[rquester]

marscaleb
No. Other version is

if(!(value1==x||value1==y))

In some cases switch-case may help too.

[Eliot]

Unfortunately not.

[marscaleb]

Yeah I thought about switch-case but that wouldn't make my code cleaner and shorter unless I has a lot of possibilities to check for.

Thanks for the prompt answer!

[Spoof]

Especially since when I end up checking the same value for multiple entries I usually have some long-A variable names.
Is there a shorthand way to write that?

You can create a local copy if the name is long.

local int a;
a = LongVariableName;

if(a == 1 || a == 5 ....

Just remember you can't affect the original variable by writing to it - unless it's an out parameter of a function.