IF statement which test a variable text string?

[GrayIntel]

I am having difficulty with the following IF scenario:

IF PTC_MATERIAL_NAME=(==?)STEEL (material steel & aluminum have been assigned in setup, as have the steel & alum spring rates as variable values)
SPRING_RATE=SPRING_RATE_STEEL
ELSE
SPRING_RATE=SPRING_RATE_ALUMINUM
ENDIF

I realized my syntax is bad with the initial IF statement, so what should it be if you don't mind responding? IF PTC_MATERIAL_NAME='STEEL' OR IF PTC_MATERIAL_NAME=="STEEL" or something similar.

Thanks....Mark

 

[looslib]

IF PTC_MATERIAL_NAME=="STEEL"
This should be the format for the initial iF.


"Wildfires are dangerous, hard to control, and economically catastrophic."

Ben Loosli

 

[GrayIntel]

Thanks Ben; it worked when I placed entire IF statement as 1 line, but ElSE(& nothing else) had to be on its own line with the condition/equality to follow on the next line....if this makes any sense.

Mark

 

[looslib]

Yes, that is the way it works

IF <parameter1> == "string1"
<parameter2> = "string2"
ELSE
<parameter2> = "string3"
ENDIF

string# could also be numeric values.


"Wildfires are dangerous, hard to control, and economically catastrophic."

Ben Loosli

 

[GrayIntel]

thanks very much Ben. 1056 instances of a generic (spring)worked very well for different materials.

Mark