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If statement with AND

mansel_scheffel
Explorer

Hi,

Is it possible to use AND in an eval if statement.. for instance if(volume =10, "normal" if(volume >35 AND <40, "loud")) and so on.. I would like to add a few more if's into that as well..Any thoughts on how to structure it?

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javiergn
Super Champion

Yes you could do that with if, but the moment you start nesting multiple ifs it's going to become hard to read.
Why don't you use case instead?

eval whatever = case (
    volume = 10, "normal",
    volume > 35 AND volume < 40, "loud",
    1 = 1, "default rule"
)

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javiergn
Super Champion

Yes you could do that with if, but the moment you start nesting multiple ifs it's going to become hard to read.
Why don't you use case instead?

eval whatever = case (
    volume = 10, "normal",
    volume > 35 AND volume < 40, "loud",
    1 = 1, "default rule"
)

hardikJsheth
Motivator

You can use case statement instead the syntax is
case (condition , TRUE, FALSE)

You can have nested case statements as well for eg.
|index=main | eval system=case(isnotnull(dest) AND dest!="unknown",dest,isnotnull(src) AND src!="unknown",src,isnotnull(dvc) AND dvc!="unknown",dvc,1=1,"unknown")

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