Im confused on While

Retrocade_media

If I have some code that says:

Loop

While layout == "game" loop
//stuff
Repeat

Repeat

It says that the variable Layout doesn't exist, and points me to the second function in the while loop. However if I do:

Loop

If layout == "game" then
//stuff
Repeat

Repeat

It works fine, no errors. I should note, none of the functions in those while/if statements reference the layout variable, nor do they reference anything that references the layout variable.
No clue why I get this error

PB____

This works fine for me:

layout = "game"
loop
    while layout == "game" loop
        print("stuff")
        update()
    repeat
repeat

but if you remove the first line, and this is your whole program, then it does not work:

loop
    while layout == "game" loop
        print("stuff")
        update()
    repeat
repeat

However if you've never assigned a value to "layout" or declared it, then it won't work with an if statement either.
So this will give the same error:

loop
    if layout == "game" then
        print("stuff")
        update()
    endif
repeat

So without more context on where you assign a value to layout or where you declare it, to me it doesn't seem to be related to while?

Retrocade_media

@PB____ sorry, I should clarify that I declare layout before the game loop with my other variables

PB____

If I declare the variable without assigning it, I do get an error, both when using if and when using while, so it doesn't appear to discriminate there.

And if I do assign it a value before hand, I don't get the error.

It is a known issue though that if an error occurs, Fuze might point to the wrong line in your code. Maybe something like that is going on? Are you sure the issue is really with the difference between loop and while?

Retrocade_media

@PB____ yes. The only thing that changed was instead of using while I used if then. In both scenarios Layout = "Game" before the loop

PB____

Weird. I must be doing something differently, because for me it works normally for both if layout == "game" then and while layout == "game" loop