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Newbie Joined: 15 Feb 2002 Posts: 8 Location: USA

I seem to be having a problem using the OR expression in my IF statements...Example...

#IF (@var1 = Value1 OR Value2 OR Value 3)
{DoThis}
{DoThat}

In this case no Matter what I get the True form of the IF statement, Even if the Variable is far from equaling either of the 3 Values. Is it something in my syntax thats causing this? The only way I've seen around this is to make Individual IF statements, which sometimes can include alot of typing...Another thing i Tried that didnt work was...

@Var2 = Val1|Val2|Val3

#IF (Var1 = Var2)
{DoThis}
{DoThat}

This didn't seem to work either trying to compare a single word variable to a string variable...Again is it my syntax?

Thanks for any help I can get.

Adept Joined: 29 Oct 2001 Posts: 250

As far as i can see, its syntax problems....

#IF (@var1=Value1 OR @var1=Value2 OR @var1=Value 3){DoThis}{DoThat}

and

#IF {@Var1 = @Var2}{DoThis}{DoThat}

Try making the changes in bold, that will probably help...

MASTER Joined: 28 Nov 2000 Posts: 4817 Location: USA

#IF (@var1 = Value1 OR Value2 OR Value3) is
(@var1 = Value1) OR
(Value2) OR
(Value3)
Therefore, if either Value2 OR Value3 is anything other than false, no, off, or zero then the expression is true. If you want to compare them all to @var1 then each comparison must be stated directly, the way dacheeba did, but it's best to leave a space between the ending brace and the next beginning brace: } { instead of }{.

To determine if a value is in a string list use the %ismember function
#IF (%ismember(@var1,@var2))

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