Need help understanding how to redefine variables.

[BamaJoe411]

Im trying to expand the wheat automation example to other crops but it's not working. here is my script. in the third if block my blockBroken variable isn't getting redefined in the top two if blocks.

string blockBroken = "";

if (game.blocks.getId(x, y, z) == "minecraft:wheat") {
    if (game.blocks.getIntegerTag(x, y, z, "age") == 7) {
        blockBroken = "wheat";
        blockAutomation.breakBlock();
    }
}

if (game.blocks.getId(x, y, z) == "minecraft:carrots") {
    if (game.blocks.getIntegerTag(x, y, z, "age") == 7) {
        blockBroken = "carrots";
        blockAutomation.breakBlock();
    }
}

if (game.blocks.canBeReplaced(x, y, z)) {
    if (game.blocks.getId(x, y - 1, z) == "minecraft:farmland") {
        if (blockBroken == "wheat") {
            blockAutomation.useItem("wheat_seeds", "from-top");
        } else if (blockBroken == "carrots") {
            blockAutomation.useItem("carrot", "from-top");
        }
    }
}

[Zergatul]

This variable is local, for every script invocation it will be using another instance.
You can declare "static" variable that will persist between multiple script invocations:

static string blockBroken = "";

It should be defined at the beginning of the script. It will get reset if you recompile script.