[ic] confusion about [if]

[Stefan Hornburg]

On Thu, 01 May 2003 17:27:57 -0700
Scott Goodman <scott@idearesource.com> wrote:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm new to IC 4.9.7. I used 4.7 a long time ago and am just getting
> back into it.
> 
> I think I misunderstand exactly how to use search list fields in an 
> [if]. I am doing something like this:
> 
> [if [item-field comment]]
>    ...table row for [item-field comment]
> [/if]
> 
> This is the right syntax, correct? I seem to be getting the data 
> sometimes, but not always. I think it may have something to do with
> the data within the field...in some of the the cases it is not working
> the comment field contains "---- not available ----". Could it be the 
> hyphens causing problems?

Your syntax is wrong. The ITL [if] is different from if's in real
programming languages. 

[if-item-field comment]
   ...table row for [item-field comment]
[/if-item-field]

Ciao
	Racke

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