IF statements with Tracefields

I want to write an IF statement that looks at the string value in a Tracefield called TYPE, where an option is FINAL PRODUCT AUDIT. If the TYPE = FINAL PRODUCT AUDIT, I want to bring up a comment "C2" that asks the user what the heat lot number is, and then continue on with the program. How can I do this?

I figure it would be something close to this:

IF (TYPE == "FINAL PRODUCT AUDIT")
THEN
C2= COMMENT/INPUT
HEAT LOT
ELSE ()

bfire85 over 3 years ago

If/type=="final product audit"
c2 = comment/input
end_if
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ncsteinb over 3 years ago

If/type=="final product audit"
c2 = comment/input
end_if

Well, that was a lot easier than I thought... Thanks!!
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cptn_slow over 3 years ago

I have had some consistency issues going directly from the tracefield to the IF statement. Sometimes the value would pass-through and other times it would be ignored. To work around this, I assigned each tracefield value to a variable ahead of the IF statement. YMMV.
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ncsteinb over 3 years ago

I have had some consistency issues going directly from the tracefield to the IF statement. Sometimes the value would pass-through and other times it would be ignored. To work around this, I assigned each tracefield value to a variable ahead of the IF statement. YMMV.

Isn't that what's shown in my screenshot?

ASSIGN/TYPE=GETTRACEVALUE("TYPE")

Or is this something else?
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cptn_slow over 3 years ago in reply to ncsteinb

You did it right. I missed that part of the screenshot.
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Cory Donaldson 7 months ago

Adding on to this instead of starting a new discussion since its somewhat related.

The variable in the expression in my if statement is not working. I was going to ask if you can use variables as the expression and here shows you can. But im having issues.

VN1 is basically the same as VN1100. Tried doing what is in the expression. Then i made V1102 to replace whats currently in the expression and that is not working either. Am i doing something wrong?
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Neil Challinor 7 months ago in reply to Cory Donaldson

I don't think your IF condition is valid. VN1+".TP.OUTTOL" would resolve to a sting but you are trying to compare it to a number.
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Cory Donaldson 7 months ago in reply to Neil Challinor

I was hoping it would work since LOC1.TP.OUTTOL > 0 works and it was just another way of doing it. Unfortunately looks like that is the route im going to have to take.
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SABarber 7 months ago in reply to Cory Donaldson

You may try IF/INT(VN1+".TP.OUTTOL") > 0 to tell pcdmis you want to convert the string to a number. Not sure if this will work or not.
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Cory Donaldson 7 months ago in reply to SABarber

Unfortunately it did not. But appreciate the help!
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