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C/AL Code OR Statement

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Posted on by edwardl 2

Instead of having an IF...ELSE IF...ELSE... like I currently do:

IF FORMAT(AccSchedName) = 'BAL SH SUM' THEN

  PeriodText := 'As at: ' + FORMAT(EndDate)

 

ELSE IF FORMAT(AccSchedName) = 'BALANCE SH' THEN

  PeriodText := 'As at: ' + FORMAT(EndDate)

 

I want a single IF statement to cleanup my code a bit. In the other languages I know it would work like this:

IF FORMAT(AccSchedName) = 'BAL SH SUM' | 'BALANCE SH' THEN

PeriodText := 'As at: ' + FORMAT(EndDate)

Operators I have tried and gotten errors from:

|, ||, OR

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    Suresh Kulla Profile Picture
    Suresh Kulla 50,243 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

    Edward,

    Have you tried like this

    IF (FORMAT(AccSchedName) = 'BAL SH SUM') OR ((FORMAT(AccSchedName) = 'BALANCE SH') THEN

    PeriodText := 'As at: ' + FORMAT(EndDate)

    OR should work only difference is each statement should enclosed in separate parenthesis.

    Try this and let me know if this does not work

  • edwardl Profile Picture
    edwardl 2 on at

    Parenthesis to the rescue. Thank you Suresh.

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    Tharanga Chandrasekara Profile Picture
    Tharanga Chandrasekara 23,118 on at

    Try with the code Suresh given.

    In NAV you need to have ( ) brackets for every condition.

    Even if you write the code in

    IF FORMAT(AccSchedName) = 'BAL SH SUM' OR FORMAT(AccSchedName) = 'BALANCE SH' THEN

    it will throw an error.

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    Community Member Profile Picture
    Community Member on at

    The In keyword works well here.

    IF FORMAT(AccSchedName) IN ['BAL SH SUM', 'BALANCE SH'] THEN ...

    Cheers

    Chris

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