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How do I properly format long compound if statements in Coffeescript

Asked 2011-07-08T15:02:26.070
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If I had a complex if statement that I did not want to overflow simply for aesthetic purposes, what would be the most kosher way to break it up since coffeescript will interpret returns as the body of the statement in this case?

if (foo is bar.data.stuff and foo isnt bar.data.otherstuff) or (not foo and not bar)
  awesome sauce
else lame sauce
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Like any other language, by not having them in the first place. Give names to the different parts an treat them separately. Either by declaring predicates, or by just creating a couple of boolean vars.

bar.isBaz = -> @data.stuff != @data.otherstuff
bar.isAwsome = (foo) -> @isBaz() && @data.stuff == foo
if not bar? or bar.isAwesome foo
  awesome sauce
else lame sauce
answered 2012-02-29T22:09:46.520

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