On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 18:08:30 +1100, Geoff Bowers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sean Corfield wrote: > > Nope, you can't do that. iif() always evaluates all three arguments > > (and iif() is evil anyway - it is not the way to write clear code). > Bah.. I hear this drivel all the time.
Note that my first statement is *not* 'drivel': <cfif isDefined("myVar")> <cfset result = "the value myVar is " & myVar> <cfelse> <cfset result = ""> <cfif> The above works. The following, with iif(), does not: <cfset result = iif(isDefined("myVar"),"the value myVar is " & myVar,"")> iif() will evaluate all three arguments first, *then* return either the 2nd or 3rd argument based on the value of the 1st argument. -- Sean A Corfield -- http://www.corfield.org/ Team Fusebox -- http://www.fusebox.org/ Breeze Me! -- http://www.corfield.org/breezeme "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." -- Margaret Atwood --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: archive@mail-archive.com To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/