Problem with IF statement

Have you output anything to ~2(0).3(0).0(0).AIL(0).#3(0).[0] at this point?

A problem for Jim K. 🙂

Looks like a logic issue.  What you’ve created here is a logical tautology.  That is, a statement that is always true.  Let’s say the value in AIL-3 is “CLINIC SCREENING”.  So your statement is saying if AIL-3 not “CLINIC SCREENING”(false) OR AIL-3 is not “CLINIC ULTRASOUND”(true), then do something.  A F/T OR statement is true, so it’s going to go into the IF body.  If AIL-3 is “CLINIC ULTRASOUND”, same thing just in reverse, a T/F OR statement is true.  And if AIL-3 is “CLINIC WHATCHAMACALLIT”, you have a T/T OR statement, which is, of course, true.  So the only way that this statement is false, is if AIL-3 is BOTH NOT “CLINIC ULTRASOUND” and NOT “CLINIC SCREENING”, which cannot happen.

My guess is that you really want an AND(&&), not an OR(||).

HTH,

TIM

I agree with Tim – you need AND, not OR since you are dealing with not equal checks.  I know a lot of my co-workers will do a if else to avoid not equal checks.  If AIL-3 eq @Clin_Screen || AIL-3 eq @Clin_US, do nothing, else do something.