[ic] [if][elsif] question

[Peter Nikolaidis]

I think it would have been funnier if Kevin has posted an example of
code that didn't work.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: interchange-users-bounces at icdevgroup.org 
> [mailto:interchange-users-bounces at icdevgroup.org] On Behalf 
> Of Kevin Walsh
> Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2003 4:54 PM
> To: interchange-users at icdevgroup.org
> Subject: RE: [ic] [if][elsif] question
> 
> 
> Himem Inc [interchange at himem.net] wrote:
> > 
> > I have a search page with a drop down that allows users to search 
> > different pages (eg search my site, my friends site, or 
> google).  I have 
> > this form element named 'site'.  I am trying to do 
> something like this 
> > for the results page:
> > 
> > [if cgi site eq "my friends site"]
> >   [then]
> >     [bounce href="http://friends-site.com/search/?query=[cgi 
> > mv_searchspec]"]
> >   [/then]
> > [/if]
> > [if cgi db eq "google"]
> >   [then]
> >     [bounce href="http://www.google.com/?query=[cgi mv_searchspec]"]
> >   [/then]
> > [/if]
> > 
> > This works fine, however I would rather use an if elsif 
> type form.  But 
> > when I change the second if to an elsif, it seems to 
> default to google 
> > unless my friends site is specified, such as it is saying 
> else, but not 
> > checking the if. Is this correct?  Or am I doing something wrong?
> > 
> It may be helpful to show an example of the non-working code.  The
> following is an example of if/elsif/else code that does work:
> 
>     [tmpn foo]bap[/tmpn]
> 
>     [if scratch foo eq "bar"]
>     [then]
>         Foo is Bar
>     [/then]
>     [elsif scratch foo eq "baz"]
>         Foo is Baz
>     [/elsif]
>     [else]
>         D'oh!
>     [/else]
>     [/if]
> 
> Perhaps you could compare the above with your non-working code to help
> determine what's wrong.  Remember that the [elsif] block MUST be
> contained within the associated [if]...[/if], which is probably where
> you've gone wrong.  See the numerous if/elsif/else examples 
> in the [if]
> section of the Interchange tags documentation.
> 
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