Complex IF Statement

tommystery · Post by **tommystery** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 4:29 pm

Suppose that I wanted to make the following statements for one loop:

(A AND B) OR (C AND D) OR (E AND F)

Macroscheduler will not accept an if statement structured in that manner.

Would this be the correct way to structure it?

If>{(((A) AND (B)) OR (((C) AND (D)) OR ((E) AND (F))))}

Let me know if that's the correct syntax, thanks.

Post by **Marcus Tettmar** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 4:53 pm

Yes, but if A, B, C, D E and F are variables they need to be in % symbols. Also you probably need a comparison:

If{( ( (%A%="Something") AND (%B%="Something) ....

Since regular MacroScript doesn't have real booleans you're probably comparing strings. Put strings in quotes. Numbers on their own.

See the help file topic "Complex Expressions".

tommystery · Post by **tommystery** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 5:18 pm

Thanks for the quick response Marcus.

And I found the help file limited in terms of the examples given.

tommystery · Post by **tommystery** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 2:19 am

Could someone possibly take a look at this if statement and tell me where the errors lay?

IF>{(((%hour%=00) AND (%minutes%>=30)) OR (((%hour%>=01) AND (%hour%=12) AND (%hour%=21) AND (%hour%<23)) OR (((%hour%=23) AND (%minutes%=00))))))))}

Thanks

EDIT: Please disregard; I found the error, my variable is hours not hour. 8)