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EVAL_STRING

Description

Evaluates the specified string as if it was a condition of the Rule Language. Returns the result of evaluation, which can either be a numeric value or “Yes/No” value

Syntax

EVAL_STRING (expression[, ifyes, ifno])

Cannot be used in the condition of a FIND action.

Parameters

An expression providing a string. Two optional extra parameters specify what should happen when condition evaluates to Yes or No (see the last example)

Returns

Yes/No: the result of evaluating the string as a rule condition (can also be a Number; with the two extra parameters, the matching one is returned).

Example

Object.Attribute = 'Customer.Nmb' 
IF EVAL_STRING (Object.Attribute) = 5 THEN ... 
Object.Attribute = 'Customer.Nmb >5' 
IF EVAL_STRING (Object.Attribute) = 'Yes' THEN ... 
Company.Address = Company.Address1 + EVAL_STRING('Company.Address2 IS DEFINED', CR() + Company.Address2, '')

Related

EXACT, GET_ATTR_VALUE, CR