if/else statements to change background colours depending on y-variable

mt

Hi, I've got some different graphs, where the background concists of different gradients according to the y variable. I currently have three different graph builder's - one for each y-variable. Since the background gradients are the only things that vary, I wanted to make the code simpler by only having one graph builder, but using if/else statements to determine the correct background to apply: 

 

		Dispatch(
			{},
			"Graph Builder",
			FrameBox,
			{
			if(
				//graph 1
				yAxis == "1",
				Background Color( 1 ), 
				Add Image(Set Blob(green,"png"),
					Bounds( Left( -100 ), Right( 100 ), Top( graphMax ), Bottom( if(graphMin>0.51,graphMin,0.51) ) ),
					SetSize( {95401, 918} )
				),
				Add Image(Set Blob(red,"png"),
					Bounds( Left( -100 ), Right( 100 ), Top( if(graphMax<0.49,graphMax,0.49) ), Bottom( graphMin ) ),
					SetSize( {95401, 918} )
				),
				//graph 2
				yAxis == "2",
				Add Image(Set Blob(green,"png"),
					Bounds( Left( -100 ), Right( 100 ), Top( if(graphMax<0.75,graphMax,0.75) ), Bottom( if(graphMin>0.55,graphMin,0.55) ) ),
					SetSize( {95401, 918} )
				),
				Add Image(Set Blob(redCogTop,"png"),
					Bounds( Left( -100 ), Right( 100 ), Top( graphMax ), Bottom( if(graphMin>0.75,graphMin,0.75 ) )),
					SetSize( {95401, 918} )
				),
				Add Image(Set Blob(red,"png"),
					Bounds( Left( -100 ), Right( 100 ), Top( if(graphMax<0.55,graphMax,0.55) ), Bottom( graphMin ) ),
					SetSize( {95401, 918} )
				),
				//all other graphs
				Add Image(Set Blob(green,"png"),
					Bounds( Left( -100 ), Right( 100 ), Top( graphMax ), Bottom( graphMin ) ),
					SetSize( {95401, 918} )
				)
			),
			}
			Grid Line Order( 2 ), Reference Line Order( 3 ),
			DispatchSeg( BarSeg( 2 ), {Line Color( "Gray" )} )
				
			}
		),

Here's the original code from the first graph: 

Dispatch(
			{},
			"Graph Builder",
			FrameBox,
			{
			Background Color( 1 ), 
			Add Image(Set Blob(green,"png"),
				Bounds( Left( -100 ), Right( 100 ), Top( graphMax ), Bottom( if(graphMin>0.51,graphMin,0.51) ) ),
				SetSize( {95401, 918} )
			),
			Add Image(Set Blob(red,"png"),
				Bounds( Left( -100 ), Right( 100 ), Top( if(graphMax<0.49,graphMax,0.49) ), Bottom( graphMin ) ),
				SetSize( {95401, 918} )
			),
			Grid Line Order( 2 ), Reference Line Order( 3 ),
			DispatchSeg( BarSeg( 2 ), {Line Color( "Gray" )} )}
		),

 

 

Of course there are a lot of commas in the first code snippet which confuse the if(), so it doesn't work. Do you have any suggestions on how this issue could be solved?

 

Thanks heaps, 

Mikael

pmroz

What I've typically done is build the graph builder statement dynamically as a text string.  Then execute it using eval(parse(txt)).