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[dloomis]

I have a number of if's that call sub routines similar to ...

if(long==1){golong();}

if(short==1){goshort();}
etc.... next 300 lines of code

return;


golong();{
buy a long;
}

goshort();{
sell a short;
}

My question is, Can I avoid the execution of the if(short==1) statement (and 300 other lines of code) if the if(long==1) statement is executed? Do I just put a return; on the end of the golong() subroutine?

[gspiker]

if(long==1){
golong();
} else if(short==1){
goshort();
} else {
300 lines of code
}

is this what you mean?