Math problem

J. Landman Gay jacque at hyperactivesw.com
Sun Feb 19 00:12:34 EST 2012


On 2/18/12 10:32 PM, Geoff Canyon Rev wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 9:57 PM, J. Landman Gay<jacque at hyperactivesw.com>
>   wrote:
>
>> function whichOne var,fld1,fld2
>> -- from a handler by Tony Root
>> -- Handles a case where you need to return one value if your key is empty,
>> another if not.
>>
>>   return (item offset(char 1 of (var = empty),"tf") of quote&  fld1&","&
>> fld2&  quote)
>> end whichOne
>>
>
> This seems unduly specialized.

Yeah. That's why I keep tweaking it for different things. I think the 
main draw is the "cool factor". I hardly ever use the field references, 
mostly I use the logic.

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