I am working on my coding and am attempting to configure the 1-10 buttons to perform different functions. The code I am using is,

if (joy1Btn(01)!=0)
{
motor[motorA] = 100;
motor[motorB] = 100;
}
if (joy1Btn(02)!=0)
{
motor[motorA] = -100;
motor[motorB] = -100;
}
if (joy1Btn(03)!=0)
{
motor[motorA] = 0;
motor[motorB] = 0;
}

The area where it has 01, 02 and 03 SHOULD be where you put the number of the button you would like to use, according to the help files. For some reason whenever I attempt to use the code, only button 1 works, and it trys to run every one of these commands at once and starts freaking out.

I have been tearing my hair out over this for a while and any help would be appreciated.

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I think you should try doing it like this:


I have had some weird things happen when I enter code one way, when you can enter it another. If this does, fix it, then it means that your RobotC was just acting up. If this does not fix it, then can you post your entire code? There may be another problem that is existing within another part of your code, and without knowing what the rest of it is, i cannot know for sure.

I'll echo tfriez's advice above to go read our earlier posts on this topic at
viewtopic.php?f=33&t=785

adding the ==1 isn't going to help, and in fact I think it will work even less well, since in addition to the operator precedence problem discussed at significant length in the referenced thread, you are going to be doing something like
if (x & 1 << 3 ==1 )
and even on a good day, it won't equal 1. i.e. even if things are properly parenthesized:
if ((x & (1 << 3)) ==1 )
it isn't going to ==1. if the button is pressed, (x & (1 << 3)) is going to be 8, not 1. (this would be an example for button 4)

Management summary:
1. Follow tfriez advice and don't say == anything when using the joy2btn(b) macro.
2. Understand my explanation of the operator precedence issues that make the #define not work when used with ==.

Extra credit:
3. write your own MyJoy2Btn(b) macro that tolerates the use of ==

Best regards,
David Fort