[xquery-talk] Can I have multiple if's in a for loop (Not if-else if, but if, if, if..)

[sudheshna iyer]

Thank you Johyn. I was missing comma operator..



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From: John Snelson <john.snelson at marklogic.com>
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Sent: Mon, April 18, 2011 5:33:48 AM
Subject: Re: [xquery-talk] Can I have multiple if's in a for loop (Not if-else 
if, but if, if, if..)

On 18/04/11 09:54, sudheshna iyer wrote:
> Can I have multiple if's in a for loop?  I noticed that it works, if I use -->
> if (ONE) then ...else if (TWO) then ... else if (THREE) then .. else()
> But I want all the three if "ReturnParameterCode" is repeated with all the 
>three
> values

Sure, use parentheses and the comma operator, like this:

for $a in (1 to 10)
return (
  if(ONE) then ... else (),
  if(TWO) then ... else (),
  if(THREE) then .. else ()
)

John

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