Re: if else problem

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2003


It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = I normally wrap my If statements in parenthesis, so it looks like: [if ("[currency]"="EUR")] I don't know if it is right, but it works for me. Erol ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan White" To: "WebDNA Talk" Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 4:09 PM Subject: if else problem > Hi folks > > I am having a little bit of difficulty with an [if] [else] statement. I am > trying to check the variable [currency] and then display the relevant result > based upon it. > > Here is the code which is performed within a [founditems] context:- > > [text]USDcost=[math][PRICE]*[lookup > db=admin/mycurrency.db&value=USD&lookinfield=currency&returnfield=exchangeRa > te][/math][/text] > [text]JPYcost=[math][PRICE]*[lookup > db=admin/mycurrency.db&value=JPY&lookinfield=currency&returnfield=exchangeRa > te][/math][/text] > [text]EURcost=[math][PRICE]*[lookup > db=admin/mycurrency.db&value=EUR&lookinfield=currency&returnfield=exchangeRa > te][/math][/text] > > [if [currency]=USD] > [then] > [text]priceDisplay=$[format 10.2f][USDcost][/format][/text] > [/then] > [else] > [if [currency]=EUR] > [then] > [text]priceDisplay=€[format 10.2f][EURcost][/format][/text] > [/then] > [else] > [if [currency]=JPY] > [then] > [text]priceDisplay=¥[format 10.2f][JPYcost][/format][/text] > [/then] > [else] > [text]priceDisplay=£[format 10.2f][PRICE][/format][/text] > [/else] > [/if] > [/else] > [/if] > [/else] > [/if] > > ----------------- > The idea is that I then display the cost as follows:- > > [priceDisplay] > > The [PRICE] gets displayed even when the various other currencies are passed > into the page... > > Hope someone can help.... > > Alan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: if else problem ( John Peacock 2003)
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  4. Re: if else problem ( Brian Fries 2003)
  5. Re: if else problem ( "RichC" 2003)
  6. Re: if else problem ( Alan White 2003)
  7. Re: if else problem ( Kenneth Grome 2003)
  8. Re: if else problem ( Alan White 2003)
  9. Re: if else problem ( Rob Marquardt 2003)
  10. Re: if else problem :- Version1 ( Donovan Brooke 2003)
  11. Re: if else problem: Version 2 ( "Erol Guneri" 2003)
  12. Re: if else problem: Version 2 ( Alan White 2003)
  13. Re: if else problem :- Version1 ( Alan White 2003)
  14. Re: if else problem ( Donovan Brooke 2003)
  15. Re: if else problem ( Alan White 2003)
  16. Re: if else problem ( Gary Krockover 2003)
  17. Re: if else problem ( Alan White 2003)
  18. Re: if else problem ( Brian Fries 2003)
  19. Re: if else problem ( Brian Fries 2003)
  20. Re: if else problem ( Alan White 2003)
  21. Re: if else problem ( Brian Fries 2003)
  22. Re: if else problem ( "Erol Guneri" 2003)
  23. if else problem ( Alan White 2003)
I normally wrap my If statements in parenthesis, so it looks like: [if ("[currency]"="EUR")] I don't know if it is right, but it works for me. Erol ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan White" To: "WebDNA Talk" Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 4:09 PM Subject: if else problem > Hi folks > > I am having a little bit of difficulty with an [if] [else] statement. I am > trying to check the variable [currency] and then display the relevant result > based upon it. > > Here is the code which is performed within a [founditems] context:- > > [text]USDcost=[math][PRICE]*[lookup > db=admin/mycurrency.db&value=USD&lookinfield=currency&returnfield=exchangeRa > te][/math][/text] > [text]JPYcost=[math][PRICE]*[lookup > db=admin/mycurrency.db&value=JPY&lookinfield=currency&returnfield=exchangeRa > te][/math][/text] > [text]EURcost=[math][PRICE]*[lookup > db=admin/mycurrency.db&value=EUR&lookinfield=currency&returnfield=exchangeRa > te][/math][/text] > > [if [currency]=USD] > [then] > [text]priceDisplay=$[format 10.2f][USDcost][/format][/text] > [/then] > [else] > [if [currency]=EUR] > [then] > [text]priceDisplay=€[format 10.2f][EURcost][/format][/text] > [/then] > [else] > [if [currency]=JPY] > [then] > [text]priceDisplay=¥[format 10.2f][JPYcost][/format][/text] > [/then] > [else] > [text]priceDisplay=£[format 10.2f][PRICE][/format][/text] > [/else] > [/if] > [/else] > [/if] > [/else] > [/if] > > ----------------- > The idea is that I then display the cost as follows:- > > [priceDisplay] > > The [PRICE] gets displayed even when the various other currencies are passed > into the page... > > Hope someone can help.... > > Alan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ "Erol Guneri"

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