Using the IF Statement

[Mary Jayne Gould]

I am a beginner user of the Cloverleaf application. I am trying to use the IF statement and use string values with embedded spaces in the comparisons of the condition. Here’s my example:

1(%g1).ORC.00221.[6] eq =Discharge Today || 1(%g1).ORC.00221.[6] eq =Discharge Tomorrow || 1(%g1).ORC.00221.[6] eq =Timed(Sweep Time)

I’ve tried quotes, braces, parentheses to surround the values, but I keep getting errors in the testing tool.

Any suggestions?

Thanks…Mary Jayne

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[Jim Kosloskey]

Mary,

A couple of suggestions:

Some people have reported success by first copying the literals to a temporary variable and then doing the IF Action against the temprorary variable(s).

Another option might be to place the string entries in a Table where the default is N and you equate each literal with the value Y.

Then in the Xlate do a Table Lookup using the ORC.00221 field and place the output from the lookup in a temporary variable. Then IF the Temporary variable equal to Y do whatever you would do if the string matched.

Jim Kosloskey

email: jim.kosloskey@jim-kosloskey.com 29+ years Cloverleaf, 59 years IT - old fart.

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