From 6aa3b22e8ec09f5c0b384eccbfe542e969ca7920 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom <tomblind@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 17:30:25 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] converting 'else if' statements to lua 'elseif' instead of
 nested ifs

---
 src/Transpiler.ts | 14 ++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Transpiler.ts b/src/Transpiler.ts
index bfbd58a6e..bb884134b 100644
--- a/src/Transpiler.ts
+++ b/src/Transpiler.ts
@@ -458,10 +458,20 @@ export abstract class LuaTranspiler {
         result += this.transpileStatement(node.thenStatement);
         this.popIndent();
 
-        if (node.elseStatement) {
+        let elseStatement = node.elseStatement;
+        while (elseStatement && ts.isIfStatement(elseStatement)) {
+            const elseIfCondition = this.transpileExpression(elseStatement.expression);
+            result += this.indent + `elseif ${elseIfCondition} then\n`;
+            this.pushIndent();
+            result += this.transpileStatement(elseStatement.thenStatement);
+            this.popIndent();
+            elseStatement = elseStatement.elseStatement;
+        }
+
+        if (elseStatement) {
             result += this.indent + "else\n";
             this.pushIndent();
-            result += this.transpileStatement(node.elseStatement);
+            result += this.transpileStatement(elseStatement);
             this.popIndent();
         }