For a serious reoly, I think the expression “If they have eggs, buy two” is redundant. If they didn’t have eggs, the kid just can’t and won’t buy any eggs.
I think the proper command would be, “Please buy 1 bottle of milk and two eggs.” That way, the kid won’t be confused and it’s still a proper valid command.
Unfortunately though, the sentence is ambiguous even to non-programmers. It is unknown whether the if condition applies to
buying two eggs (buy two eggs)
buying two bottles of milk (buy two bottles instead)
For a serious reoly, I think the expression “If they have eggs, buy two” is redundant. If they didn’t have eggs, the kid just can’t and won’t buy any eggs.
I think the proper command would be, “Please buy 1 bottle of milk and two eggs.” That way, the kid won’t be confused and it’s still a proper valid command.
Unfortunately though, the sentence is ambiguous even to non-programmers. It is unknown whether the if condition applies to
Simply because they didn’t specify which to buy.
For a non-serious reply,
cart.add(supermarket.takeProduct(ProductType.milk, 1)); if (supermarket.getProduct(type: ProductType.eggs).length > 0) { cart.add(supermarket.takeProduct(Product type.milk, 2)); } cart.checkout();The kid should have bought a total of 3 bottles.