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How to nest an eval in an if statement

Splunkster45
Communicator

Currently I can use a write an if statement in the following form:

...
| eval adjusted_start=start_sum + 1
| eval counter=if(adjusted_start=2,111,555)

where start_sum is a field with a value of either 1 or 2.

However, is there a way to simplify these two lines into one line? I thought the following would work (nesting the eval into the if statement), but either my syntax is off or you can't do it this way.

| eval counter=if(eval(start_sum+1)=2,111,555)

Thanks!

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aweitzman
Motivator

You should be able to do math logic inline:

| eval counter=if(start_sum+1=2,111,555)

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aweitzman
Motivator

You should be able to do math logic inline:

| eval counter=if(start_sum+1=2,111,555)
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