On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 15:59:54 -0600, Dave Kettmann
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>
>
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I have an if statement that has three different clauses that need to
> > be met before it should be executed, and for some reason I can't get
> > the conditionals to work. Here's the snip of code:
> >
> > print "STCode:
> > ",$activity->child("Status")->child("StatusType")->child("Code
> > ")->value,"\n";
> > # This line prints I
> > print "SCCode:
> > ",$activity->child("Status")->child("StatusCode")->child("Code
> > ")->value,"\n";
> > # This line prints DS
> >
> > if (
> > $activity->child("Status")->child("StatusType")->child("Code")->value
> > eq 'D' ||
> > $activity->child("Status")->child("StatusCode")->child("Code")->value
> > eq 'DS' &&
> > defined
> > $activity->child("ActivityLocation")->child("Address")->child(
> > "AddressLine1")
> > ) {
> > print "*********IT WAS DELIVERED*******\n";
> > }
> >
> > I'm parsing some XML via XML::SimpleObject and even though
> > $activity->child("Status")->child("StatusCode")->child("Code")->value
> > is DS and
> > $activity->child("ActivityLocation")->child("Address")->child(
> > "AddressLine1")
> > is defined I can't get this to print the "it was delivered" string.
> >
> > I have tried placing parenthesis around the logical OR
> > statement as well:
> >
> > if (
> > ($activity->child("Status")->child("StatusType")->child("Code")->value
> > eq 'D' ||
> > $activity->child("Status")->child("StatusCode")->child("Code")->value
> > eq 'DS') &&
> > defined
> > $activity->child("ActivityLocation")->child("Address")->child(
> > "AddressLine1")
> > ) {
> > print "*********IT WAS DELIVERED*******\n";
> > }
> >
> > Still no luck.
> >
> > Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong?
> >
> > All help is appreciated,
> > Kevin
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> > Kevin Old
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> I'm very new to perl still, but looks like in your if statement .. you are
> using OR ( || ) not AND ( && ) .. Just a thought? may not be right though :)
Yes, Dave, that's the answer to my question.
Unfortunately, I did not state my problem correctly. I need only 1 of
the first two conditions to be met (hence the OR ( || ) ) and the
third to be met (hence the AND ( && ).
Sorry for the confusion.
Thanks,
Kevin
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