How do I use the OR "|" operator properly?

I have been trying to make use of the OR operator in my game, but it doesn't seem to be working correctly.

It would appear that it is only checking the first parameter and not looking at the second one.

When the second parameter is true in my game (eg. the one after the "|" symbol), the action is not happening.

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Please help, this is driving me crazy!

try this: right click on any block and toggle on Make 'or' block function. Now all conditions in this block will be separated by OR (not by AND as by default)

You are ORing the data, not comparing if the data is A or the data is B. The pattern is:

System:Compare two values

First value: Z=A | Z=B

Comparison: Equal to

Second value: 1

The | is a logical OR operator. It deals only with true or false values. IIRC a non-empty string counts as true, so "C#"|"Db" will always return true (1), and then you compare the array value to 1.

You are ORing the data, not comparing if the data is A or the data is B. The pattern is:

System:Compare two values

First value: Z=A | Z=B

Comparison: Equal to

Second value: 1

What do you mean by ORing the data? I'm still really confused by the whole OR operator thing. Can someone really dumb it down for me?

I was thinking it worked such as [ Z = X | Z = Y ] return "1" if either is true, or return "0" if neither is true.

That is correct, but that's not what you have. You have Z = X | Y

It would be nice if we could do that, rather than have to use the condition "or"s.

You can, you just have to format it correctly.