[WebDNA] Check if variable is blank or is raw or third condition

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2010


It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = > This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --B_3353679942_3187602 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit To be clear here is exactly what I'm trying to do in one hideif (if possible): Hide everything if either of these 3 conditions are met: [t_username] is blank OR [t_username] is [t_username] OR [t_username]^Exactly this text. Please someone clarify or break this down for me. The Webdna Syntax tutorial video part 3 of 4 talks about a hideif context that hides content based on a variable being blank or raw. The code is as follows: [hideif ||[raw][t_username][/raw]|^|[t_username]|] Basically saying if [t_username] is not initialized we're going to hide everything. I understand that it basically amounts to comparing |[t_username]| that contains |[t_username]| but I cannot figure out why the extra pipe character is on the left. I've also seen it this way: [hideif |[raw][t_username][/raw]||^|[t_username]|] Do they both function exactly the same? Are they all pipe delimiters or does one refer to an OR? I would like to modify the code to contain an OR in the same hideif to also compare [t_username]^Exactly this text I'm stuck on how to do this due to my confusion with the syntax. Thanks in advance! Mike S Mike Sargent Web Designer Earthcare Technologies, Inc. 7406 Alban Station Court Suite B-210 Springfield, VA 22150 Phone 703-644-5399 Fax 703-644-5384 --B_3353679942_3187602 Content-type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Check if variable is blank or is raw or third condition To be cl= ear here is exactly what I'm trying to do in one hideif (if possible): Hide = everything if either of these 3 conditions are met: [t_username] is blank OR= [t_username] is [t_username] OR [t_username]^Exactly this text.

Please someone clarify or break this down for me.

The Webdna Syntax tutorial video part 3 of 4 talks about a hideif context t= hat hides content based on a variable being blank or raw.

The code is as follows:

[hideif ||[raw][t_username][/raw]|^|[t_username]|]

Basically saying if [t_username] is not initialized we're going to hide eve= rything.
I understand that it basically amounts to comparing |[t_username]| that con= tains |[t_username]| but I cannot figure out why the extra pipe character is= on the left. I've also seen it this way:

[hideif |[raw][t_username][/raw]||^|[t_username]|]

Do they both function exactly the same? Are they all pipe delimiters or doe= s one refer to an OR?

I would like to modify the code to contain an OR in the same hideif to also= compare [t_username]^Exactly this text

I'm stuck on how to do this due to my confusion with the syntax.

Thanks in advance!
Mike S

Mike Sargent
Web Designer
Eart= hcare Technologies, Inc.
7406 Alban Station Court Suite B-210
Springfield, VA 22150
Phone 703-644-5399
Fax 703-644-5384

 --B_3353679942_3187602-- Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: [WebDNA] Check if variable is blank or is raw or third condition (Govinda 2010)
  2. Re: [WebDNA] Check if variable is blank or is raw or third condition (Mike Sargent 2010)
  3. Re: [WebDNA] Check if variable is blank or is raw or third condition (Kenneth Grome 2010)
  4. Re: [WebDNA] Check if variable is blank or is raw or third condition (Donovan Brooke 2010)
  5. Re: [WebDNA] Check if variable is blank or is raw or third condition (Govinda 2010)
  6. [WebDNA] Check if variable is blank or is raw or third condition (Mike Sargent 2010)
> This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --B_3353679942_3187602 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit To be clear here is exactly what I'm trying to do in one hideif (if possible): Hide everything if either of these 3 conditions are met: [t_username] is blank OR [t_username] is [t_username] OR [t_username]^Exactly this text. Please someone clarify or break this down for me. The Webdna Syntax tutorial video part 3 of 4 talks about a hideif context that hides content based on a variable being blank or raw. The code is as follows: [hideif ||[raw][t_username][/raw]|^|[t_username]|] Basically saying if [t_username] is not initialized we're going to hide everything. I understand that it basically amounts to comparing |[t_username]| that contains |[t_username]| but I cannot figure out why the extra pipe character is on the left. I've also seen it this way: [hideif |[raw][t_username][/raw]||^|[t_username]|] Do they both function exactly the same? Are they all pipe delimiters or does one refer to an OR? I would like to modify the code to contain an OR in the same hideif to also compare [t_username]^Exactly this text I'm stuck on how to do this due to my confusion with the syntax. Thanks in advance! Mike S Mike Sargent Web Designer Earthcare Technologies, Inc. 7406 Alban Station Court Suite B-210 Springfield, VA 22150 Phone 703-644-5399 Fax 703-644-5384 --B_3353679942_3187602 Content-type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Check if variable is blank or is raw or third condition To be cl= ear here is exactly what I'm trying to do in one hideif (if possible): Hide = everything if either of these 3 conditions are met: [t_username] is blank OR= [t_username] is [t_username] OR [t_username]^Exactly this text.

Please someone clarify or break this down for me.

The Webdna Syntax tutorial video part 3 of 4 talks about a hideif context t= hat hides content based on a variable being blank or raw.

The code is as follows:

[hideif ||[raw][t_username][/raw]|^|[t_username]|]

Basically saying if [t_username] is not initialized we're going to hide eve= rything.
I understand that it basically amounts to comparing |[t_username]| that con= tains |[t_username]| but I cannot figure out why the extra pipe character is= on the left. I've also seen it this way:

[hideif |[raw][t_username][/raw]||^|[t_username]|]

Do they both function exactly the same? Are they all pipe delimiters or doe= s one refer to an OR?

I would like to modify the code to contain an OR in the same hideif to also= compare [t_username]^Exactly this text

I'm stuck on how to do this due to my confusion with the syntax.

Thanks in advance!
Mike S

Mike Sargent
Web Designer
Eart= hcare Technologies, Inc.
7406 Alban Station Court Suite B-210
Springfield, VA 22150
Phone 703-644-5399
Fax 703-644-5384

 --B_3353679942_3187602-- Mike Sargent

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