Basic IF/THEN Logic

Overview

Use Template IF/THEN Logic to include content in your Templates and Articles.

To use Logic to include Articles

The conditional statement supports the following format:

%%if [VALUE1] [CONDITION] [VALUE2] then [ACTION] [VALUE3]%%

VALUE1, VALUE2	String: "My string" Number: '12.33' Date: "12/12/2012" Set Variable: var Contact Data: first Custom Data: age
CONDITION	=, !=, contains, startswith, endswith
ACTION	print, printdata, includearticle
VALUE3	String: "My string" Number: '12.33' Date: "12/12/2012" Set Variable: var Contact Data: first Custom Data: age Article Name: "My Article"

Examples using =

Print a string if the Contact first name is blank:

%%if first = "" then print "Customer"%%

Display the Article if the variable is equal to YES:

%%if display = "YES" then includearticle "MyArticle"%%

Examples using !=

Print the Contact birthdate if it is not blank:

%%if birthdate != "" then printdata birthdate%%

Examples using CONTAINS

Print a string if the Contact state name contains WA:

%%if state contains "WA" then print "Washington"%%

Display the Article if the Contact preference contains blue:

%%if preference contains "blue" then includearticle "MyArticle"%%

Examples using STARTSWITH

Print the Contact storename if it starts with the character T:

%%if storename startswith "T" then printdata storename%%

Examples using ENDSWITH

Print the Contact dinosaur if it ends with "rex":

%%if dinosaur endswith "rex" then printdata dinosaur%%

NOTE

It is very important to maintain the spacing around [VALUE1] [CONDITION] [VALUE2]. If those items are in a logic statement without being separated by a space, the logic will not function.

For example, the following is correct:

%%if first = "" then print "Customer"%%

The following is NOT correct and will not function:

%%if first="" then print "Customer"%%