"Post was Made by Current User" variable?

[Ace Of Charts]

I've checked the variable list in the layout template for the Post List, and though there are quite a number of variables, the list appears to be missing any kind of variable combination for "post was made by the current user."  I'd like to be able to use if-else statements for some stuff that would regard whether the current user made a particular post or not, and the seeming absence of such a variable takes away from my ability to do so.

If there's already some way to do this, could someone in the know tell me how it can be done?

I suppose that if it's not the case, either there's a reason it's not in there, or it can be requested as a feature.

[Chris]

I would think comparing $[current_user.id] against $[post.created_by.id] would tell you if the post currently being processed was created by the current user.

[Ace Of Charts]

An {if $[current_user.id] = $[post.created_by.id]} statement does not seem to work. Have I done something wrong in that statement?

[Chris]

Feb 21, 2014 16:30:02 GMT -8 Ace Of Charts said:

An {if $[current_user.id] = $[post.created_by.id]} statement does not seem to work. Have I done something wrong in that statement?

equality testing is done using  a double equal sign ("==")

[Ace Of Charts]

Ah, did not know that. XD Thanks for the heads-up. Hopefully now I won't get it wrong.

[Chris]

Feb 21, 2014 16:52:26 GMT -8 Ace Of Charts said:

Ah, did not know that. XD Thanks for the heads-up. Hopefully now I won't get it wrong.

There's a wizard-like if/else button you can click that will guide you through making that if/else statement if not too well versed in the language.

[Ace Of Charts]

Naw, I understood perfectly when you said what you did.

I remembered that several elements use if-not statements that use !=, and from what you said, figured that == was equivalent to "is exactly equal to" in that regard.

By the way, naturally, once I got it right, it worked. Thanks!