Re: [WebDNA] SEARCH question - SHOWIF - HIDEIF question

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2011


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 107814
interpreted = N
texte = This is a multi-part message in MIME format.--------------010804080806050203020409Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowedContent-Transfer-Encoding: 7bitNow it makes sense. I saw the "|" as "OR" as it is used in the If/Then/Else context and not as a separator as Chris mentions below.Thanks everyone for replying!christophe.billiottet@webdna.us wrote:> The pipe symbol in this hack doesn't really mean anything special except that it is a unique (and unlikely) character. In other words, it can be any character really. The choice here is confusing because the pipe in the [if] [then] [else] context is a documented logical "OR".>> - chris>>>> On Dec 15, 2011, at 14:41, Govinda wrote:>> >>> The "^" character is a "contains" character.>>>>>> So in:>>> |5|6|12|^|[orderstatus]|>>>>>> if [orderstatus]=6>>>>>> Then the string "|5|6|12|" contains "|6|".. which>>> turns into a true match.>>>>>> The pipe can be any character.>>> >> ...that is... any character that you know you will not find in the string you are checking. I.e. choose a delimiter that you KNOW will be a delimiter >> --------------010804080806050203020409Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Now it makes sense. I saw the Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: [WebDNA] SEARCH question - SHOWIF - HIDEIF question (Govinda 2011)
  2. Re: [WebDNA] SEARCH question - SHOWIF - HIDEIF question (Donovan Brooke 2011)
  3. Re: [WebDNA] SEARCH question - SHOWIF - HIDEIF question (Steve Raslevich -Northern Sound 2011)
  4. Re: [WebDNA] SEARCH question - SHOWIF - HIDEIF question (Kenneth Grome 2011)
  5. Re: [WebDNA] SEARCH question - SHOWIF - HIDEIF question (christophe.billiottet@webdna.us 2011)
  6. Re: [WebDNA] SEARCH question - SHOWIF - HIDEIF question (Govinda 2011)
  7. Re: [WebDNA] SEARCH question - SHOWIF - HIDEIF question (christophe.billiottet@webdna.us 2011)
  8. Re: [WebDNA] SEARCH question - SHOWIF - HIDEIF question (christophe.billiottet@webdna.us 2011)
  9. Re: [WebDNA] SEARCH question - SHOWIF - HIDEIF question (Govinda 2011)
  10. Re: [WebDNA] SEARCH question - SHOWIF - HIDEIF question (Donovan Brooke 2011)
  11. Re: [WebDNA] SEARCH question - SHOWIF - HIDEIF question (Steve Raslevich -Northern Sound 2011)
This is a multi-part message in MIME format.--------------010804080806050203020409Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowedContent-Transfer-Encoding: 7bitNow it makes sense. I saw the "|" as "OR" as it is used in the If/Then/Else context and not as a separator as Chris mentions below.Thanks everyone for replying!christophe.billiottet@webdna.us wrote:> The pipe symbol in this hack doesn't really mean anything special except that it is a unique (and unlikely) character. In other words, it can be any character really. The choice here is confusing because the pipe in the [if] [then] [else] context is a documented logical "OR".>> - chris>>>> On Dec 15, 2011, at 14:41, Govinda wrote:>> >>> The "^" character is a "contains" character.>>>>>> So in:>>> |5|6|12|^|[orderstatus]|>>>>>> if [orderstatus]=6>>>>>> Then the string "|5|6|12|" contains "|6|".. which>>> turns into a true match.>>>>>> The pipe can be any character.>>> >> ...that is... any character that you know you will not find in the string you are checking. I.e. choose a delimiter that you KNOW will be a delimiter >> --------------010804080806050203020409Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Now it makes sense. I saw the Steve Raslevich -Northern Sound

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