From 5e40827138526a9c03c1b1903c10c3a5f5df8c16 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Felipe Pena <felipensp@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2025 19:28:42 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix

---
 vlib/v/gen/c/if.v                                  |  9 +++++++++
 .../options/option_ifguard_array_of_option_test.v  | 14 ++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 vlib/v/tests/options/option_ifguard_array_of_option_test.v

diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/c/if.v b/vlib/v/gen/c/if.v
index bfb5175d5ba43f..d19389ade4b837 100644
--- a/vlib/v/gen/c/if.v
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/c/if.v
@@ -260,6 +260,15 @@ fn (mut g Gen) if_expr(node ast.IfExpr) {
 					cond.expr_type
 				}
 				g.writeln('${g.styp(g.unwrap_generic(cond_expr_type))} ${var_name};')
+			} else if cond.expr is ast.IndexExpr {
+				value_type := g.table.value_type(g.unwrap_generic(cond.expr.left_type))
+				if value_type.has_flag(.option) {
+					var_name := g.new_tmp_var()
+					guard_vars[i] = var_name
+					g.writeln('${g.styp(value_type)} ${var_name};')
+				} else {
+					guard_vars[i] = ''
+				}
 			} else {
 				guard_vars[i] = ''
 			}
diff --git a/vlib/v/tests/options/option_ifguard_array_of_option_test.v b/vlib/v/tests/options/option_ifguard_array_of_option_test.v
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..49466514dafd9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/v/tests/options/option_ifguard_array_of_option_test.v
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+module main
+
+fn make_option() ?string {
+	return 'abc'
+}
+
+fn main() {
+	cols := [make_option()]
+	if col := cols[0] {
+		assert col == 'abc'
+		assert true
+		dump(col)
+	}
+}