Re: Nested vs conditional
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1997
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 10793
interpreted = N
texte = >>Trying to do a [showif[var] does not contain A or B or C or X or Y]>>Sorry, there is no syntax for this in [ShowIf] -- multiple not-contains is>a little beyond its scope at the moment. But you can use a little math>trick to do the same thing:>>[math]totalFound=0[/math]>>[showif [var]^A][math]totalFound=totalFound+1[/math][/showif]>[showif [var]^B][math]totalFound=totalFound+1[/math][/showif]>[showif [var]^C][math]totalFound=totalFound+1[/math][/showif]>[showif [var]^X][math]totalFound=totalFound+1[/math][/showif]>[showif [var]^Y][math]totalFound=totalFound+1[/math][/showif]>>[showif [math]totalFound[/math]!0]>[var] contains at leat one of A,B,C,X,Y>[/showif]>>Basically this increments a variable every time something is found. You>may have to change the logic for your needs, perhaps using [HideIf]>instead.Perfect, should do the trick exactly the way I wanted it to.Thanks===============================================Gary Richter PanaVise Products, Inc. 7540 Colbert Dr. Reno, Nevada 89511 Ph: 702.850.2900 Fx: 702.850.2929 Email: grichter@panavise.com http://www.panavise.com===============================================
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>>Trying to do a [showif[var] does not contain A or B or C or X or Y]>>Sorry, there is no syntax for this in
[showif] -- multiple not-contains is>a little beyond its scope at the moment. But you can use a little math>trick to do the same thing:>>
[math]totalFound=0[/math]>>[showif [var]^A]
[math]totalFound=totalFound+1[/math][/showif]>[showif [var]^B]
[math]totalFound=totalFound+1[/math][/showif]>[showif [var]^C]
[math]totalFound=totalFound+1[/math][/showif]>[showif [var]^X]
[math]totalFound=totalFound+1[/math][/showif]>[showif [var]^Y]
[math]totalFound=totalFound+1[/math][/showif]>>[showif
[math]totalFound[/math]!0]>[var] contains at leat one of A,B,C,X,Y>[/showif]>>Basically this increments a variable every time something is found. You>may have to change the logic for your needs, perhaps using
[hideif]>instead.Perfect, should do the trick exactly the way I wanted it to.Thanks===============================================Gary Richter PanaVise Products, Inc. 7540 Colbert Dr. Reno, Nevada 89511 Ph: 702.850.2900 Fx: 702.850.2929 Email: grichter@panavise.com http://www.panavise.com===============================================
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