[ic] Using [if]

[Ed LaFrance]

At 01:51 PM 1/3/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Ed -
>
>Thanks, that fixed the problem!  For future reference, could someone explain
>why the original code doesn't work?
>
>Tom
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ed LaFrance" <edl@newmediaems.com>
>To: <interchange-users@lists.akopia.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 11:36 AM
>Subject: Re: [ic] Using [if]
>
>
> > At 08:57 AM 1/3/01 -0500, you wrote:
> > >Please forgive my ignorance, but I've been trying to get the following
> > >snippet of code working for the past 3 days with no success.  I'm simply
> > >try to set an <option> to selected in a loop.  Here is the snippet of
>code:
> > >
> > >  [list]
> > >     [if value [value-extended name="mv_searchspec" index="0"] eq 
> [loop-code]]


..syntax error.  The correct form is [if value variable_name eq 
some_value].  Your expression (above) is essentially [if value some_value 
eq some_value] - not valid.  The "value" type of if expects a variable name 
for its term, not a variable value.

- Ed L.
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