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    calculated field expression

    hi all,

    how I can put some thing like this in calculated field expression:

    if(M_filter = "Oil", M_filter_oil_price, 0)
    if(M_filter = "Air", M_filter_air_price, 0)
    if(M_filter = "Fuel", M_filter_fuel_price, 0)

    Please any help or suggestion !?
    Best Regards,
    Kamel Jazmati

    [email protected]
    Kamelj.com
    @KamelZJ

    #2
    Re: calculated field expression

    Originally posted by Kamel View Post
    hi all,

    how I can put some thing like this in calculated field expression:

    if(M_filter = "Oil", M_filter_oil_price, 0)
    if(M_filter = "Air", M_filter_air_price, 0)
    if(M_filter = "Fuel", M_filter_fuel_price, 0)

    Please any help or suggestion !?
    result = case(M_filter = "Oil", M_filter_oil_price,M_filter = "Air", M_filter_air_price,M_filter ="Fuel", M_filter_fuel_price..

    Apologies if this has already been answered, I called away for a couple of hours
    Ray
    Last edited by Ray in Capetown; 06-25-2011, 08:45 AM. Reason: not done

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      #3
      Re: calculated field expression

      thanks Ray,

      but it doesn't work with calculated field expression,
      case() doesn't listed in functions list,,,
      Best Regards,
      Kamel Jazmati

      [email protected]
      Kamelj.com
      @KamelZJ

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        #4
        Re: calculated field expression

        Originally posted by Kamel View Post
        hi all,

        how I can put some thing like this in calculated field expression:

        if(M_filter = "Oil", M_filter_oil_price, 0)
        if(M_filter = "Air", M_filter_air_price, 0)
        if(M_filter = "Fuel", M_filter_fuel_price, 0)

        Please any help or suggestion !?
        I tried this assuming that M_filter_oil_price, M_filter_air_price, and M_filter_fuel_price are seperate fields for each record.
        I created a calculated field named Cprice in the Query(DBF) section, with the following code
        Code:
         case(M_Filter="Oil",M_Filter_Oil_Price,M_Filter="Air",M_Filter_Air_Price,M_Filter="Fuel",M_Filter_Fuel_Price)
        This accomplishes what you asked for, but does not seem to be what you really wanted.
        Gregg
        https://paiza.io is a great site to test and share sql code

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          #5
          Re: calculated field expression

          Case is a valid function. But I guess it depends where you are defining it. If you are partial to IF, try this:

          if(M_filter = "Oil", M_filter_oil_price, if(M_filter = "Air", M_filter_air_price, if(M_filter = "Fuel", M_filter_fuel_price, 0)))
          Peter
          AlphaBase Solutions, LLC

          [email protected]
          https://www.alphabasesolutions.com


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            #6
            Re: calculated field expression

            I tried using IF in the clientside calculations, but kept getting a circular reference error.
            Gregg
            https://paiza.io is a great site to test and share sql code

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              #7
              Re: calculated field expression

              Originally posted by madtowng View Post
              I tried using IF in the clientside calculations, but kept getting a circular reference error.
              Where are you using this?
              Peter
              AlphaBase Solutions, LLC

              [email protected]
              https://www.alphabasesolutions.com


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                #8
                Re: calculated field expression

                Hi Peter,

                The attached pic says it so much better than I can.

                I know I didin't get to the false part of the statement, but the error showed up before I got that far.
                Gregg
                https://paiza.io is a great site to test and share sql code

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                  #9
                  Re: calculated field expression

                  Yeah, client side expressions are basically JavaScript. Alpha gives us some basic "wrapper" functions, but they are very limited.
                  Peter
                  AlphaBase Solutions, LLC

                  [email protected]
                  https://www.alphabasesolutions.com


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                    #10
                    Re: calculated field expression

                    Originally posted by Peter.Greulich View Post
                    Case is a valid function. But I guess it depends where you are defining it. If you are partial to IF, try this:

                    if(M_filter = "Oil", M_filter_oil_price, if(M_filter = "Air", M_filter_air_price, if(M_filter = "Fuel", M_filter_fuel_price, 0)))
                    Thanks Peter,
                    that what i want, :)
                    Best Regards,
                    Kamel Jazmati

                    [email protected]
                    Kamelj.com
                    @KamelZJ

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                      #11
                      Re: calculated field expression

                      Where are you planning to put that code (I'm a bit curious because of the trouble I had with it) ?
                      Gregg
                      https://paiza.io is a great site to test and share sql code

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                        #12
                        Re: calculated field expression

                        Originally posted by madtowng View Post
                        Hi Peter,

                        The attached pic says it so much better than I can.

                        I know I didin't get to the false part of the statement, but the error showed up before I got that far.
                        What's "a result_false" in the else part of the statement? It looks like that is what's causing the problem - it would be interpreted as 2 variables or field names. Peter's "if" statement works in the client-side properties, calculated field expression - you're allowed the nested if statements in there - it gets converted to the equivalent javascript nested if statement.

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                          #13
                          Re: calculated field expression

                          Originally posted by Davidk View Post
                          What's "a result_false" in the else part of the statement? It looks like that is what's causing the problem - it would be interpreted as 2 variables or field names. Peter's "if" statement works in the client-side properties, calculated field expression - you're allowed the nested if statements in there - it gets converted to the equivalent javascript nested if statement.
                          I tried it exactly as described, and I still get the error (please see attached image).
                          Gregg
                          https://paiza.io is a great site to test and share sql code

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                            #14
                            Re: calculated field expression

                            Now we need to find out what M_filter, M_filter_oil_price, M_filter_air_price, and M_filter_fuel_price are, Are these calculations that reference themselves? A circular reference is a variable, field, etc. that references itself in the calculation thereby creating a reference that goes around and around in a circle and can never be evaluated.

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                              #15
                              Re: calculated field expression

                              Originally posted by Davidk View Post
                              Now we need to find out what M_filter, M_filter_oil_price, M_filter_air_price, and M_filter_fuel_price are, Are these calculations that reference themselves? A circular reference is a variable, field, etc. that references itself in the calculation thereby creating a reference that goes around and around in a circle and can never be evaluated.
                              They are fields.
                              Gregg
                              https://paiza.io is a great site to test and share sql code

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