yeah I kinda agree. DE("[a]") needs to be used eventually.
On 16 September 2010 15:06, Chris Velevitch <[email protected]> wrote:
> In CF 7, the function IIF (inline IF) usage is:-
>
> IIf(condition, string_expression1, string_expression2)
>
> which I initially interpreted to be the equivalent of:-
>
> <cfif condition>
> <cfset result = string_expression1>
> <cfelse>
> <cfset result = string_expression2>
> </cfif>
>
> but when I do:-
>
> #IIF(condition,"[a]","")#
>
> I get an error.
>
> On closer inspection, it turns out that IIF is really the equivalent of:-
>
> <cfif condition>
> <cfset result = Evaluate(string_expression1)>
> <cfelse>
> <cfset result = Evaluate(string_expression2)>
> </cfif>
>
> I've been interpreting 'string_expression' to mean an expression that
> returns a string, but really means a string (or string variable) that
> contains an expression.
>
> Why is this? How do I do in-line case/switch expression?
>
>
> Chris
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