Client Script - if Statement with "OR" ||

[Laurie Marlowe1]

Hello,

I cannot figure out how to get this "if" statement to work in a client script.   I know it's a syntax issue, but I cannot figure it out.

This works:

  if ((risk == '') && (changeType != 'Standard'))   {

  g_form.removeOption('state',2); // Sumbitted

  }

This does not work (throws a compiler syntax error:

  if ((risk == '') && (changeType != 'Standard')) || ((risk == '') && (changeType != 'Emergency')) {

  g_form.removeOption('state',2); // Sumbitted

  }

This does not work (Submitted option is removed)

  if (((risk == '') && (changeType != 'Standard')) || ((risk == '') && (changeType != 'Emergency'))) {

  g_form.removeOption('state',2); // Sumbitted

  }

I also tried splitting it into two if statements, and that did not work.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Laurie

[Harish KM]

I dont think onload will work here since you have 2 values running on type field comparng Standard and emergency. Where as onload will work only ones when the form opens for the first time.

[Laurie Marlowe1]

Do you have any ideas how to work around this?

Thank you,

Laurie

[Chuck Tomasi]

FYI - Order of precedence is always worth noting when stringing operators together. When in doubt, I always put () around what I want to work first.

Operator precedence - JavaScript | MDN

[Laurie Marlowe1]

Hi Chuck,

I tried switching the order of precedence (putting the OR condition before the && condition) and that didn't work.   So then, I removed the && condition, just to see if the OR would work by itself, and it did not.   I'm thinking harishkumar may be on to something about 2 values running on the type field for an onLoad script???

Thanks,

Laurie

[Laurie Marlowe1 · Accepted solution]

WAIT!!!!   Hang on to your hats ladies and gentlemen!!!

The solution is do not use "||" !   Use "&&"!

Thanks,

Laurie