Referencing multiple tags in IF statement...

Unity Engine
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Hey people!

My little project contains 7 different in-game states. I use tags to determine the state. One of the gameObjects reacts to 2 of these states out of the 7. What is the easiest way to do this…below is my current code:

void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other)
{
if (other.tag != “stateOne”)
{

I tried/Want to achieve:

void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other)
{
if (other.tag != “stateOne” || “stateTwo”)
{ …DEATH ENSUES

However this does not work, mentioning “Operator || can’t be used on type BOOL/STRING”

Any combinations of operators I can use to make my colliders only react to 2 of the 7 tags?

Cheers again!

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To react to 2 tags…

if (other.tag == "stateOne" || other.tag == "stateTwo")
{
  // other.tag is either "stateOne" or "stateTwo"
}

Jeff

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This works, thank you…

However as I only wanted the Collider to react to 2 of the 7 states, with this code it means I must:
I should have premised in saying this is a “death” script which OnTriggerEnter kills the player if their not in stateOne/Two

if (other.tag == “stateThree” || other.tag == “stateFour” || other.tag == “stateFive” || other.tag == “stateSix” || other.tag == “stateSeven”)

How would code like this effect performance? Is there a more efficient way to say “If not in these 2 states, proceed to script”?

Cheers!

Edit: Spelling.

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if (other.tag != "stateOne" && other.tag != "stateTwo")
{
    // other.tag is NOT "stateOne" or "stateTwo"
}
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Perfect, Gentleman and a Scholar you are good sir.