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Conditions: IF statements

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Logic statements can be used in both mathematical calculations and conditional (IF) statements. There are different ways to use logic depending on what your end result needs to be.

 

Conditional statements are also called IF statements.

 

Syntax

Conditional statements are also called IF statements.

 

Opening Tag

The opening tag is the hashtag and the collection you are testing {#collectionName}.

 

Closing Tag

The closing tag is the backslash {/}.

You can use a combination of the symbols on the table below to create IF statements.

 

Symbol

Syntax

Meaning

>

gt

Greater Than

<

lt

Less Than

>=

gte

Greater Than or Equal To

<=

lte

Less Than or Equal To

==

equal

Equals or Match

!=

unequal

Does Not Equal or No Match

 

Conditionals for Booleans

Booleans (true/false) variables can be used with the symbol syntax for conditionals.

 

Example Code

Case

Result

{#entity_shareholderAgreementUnanimous==true}This sentence will appear if there is a unanimous shareholder agreement.{/}{#entity_shareholderAgreementUnanimous==false}This sentence will appear if there is NOT a unanimous shareholder agreement.{/}

Unanimous shareholder agreement

This sentence will appear if there is a unanimous shareholder agreement.

No unanimous shareholder agreement

This sentence will appear if there is NOT a unanimous shareholder agreement.

 

Conditionals for Matches

Matching the contents of variables can be found with the symbol syntax for conditionals.

 

Example Code

Case

Result

{#entity_jurisdiction=='Alberta'}Print this text if the jurisdiction is Alberta.{/}{#entity_jurisdiction!='Alberta'}Print this text if the jurisdiction is NOT Alberta.{/}

Jurisdiction is Alberta

Print this text if the jurisdiction is Alberta.

Jurisdiction is Ontario.

Print this text if the jurisdiction is NOT Alberta.

 

Conditionals for Numeric Variables

Matching the contents of variables can be found with the symbol syntax for conditionals.

 

Example Code

Case

Result

{#votingPercentage>=50}This sentence will be printed if the voting percentage is greater than or equal to 50%.{/}{#votingPercentage<50}This sentence will be printed if the voting percentage is less than 50%.{/}

Voting percentage = 65%

This sentence will be printed if the voting percentage is greater than or equal to 50%.

Voting percentage = 40%

This sentence will be printed if the voting percentage is less than 50%.

 

Conditionals with Count

There are cases where you’ll want to count how many instances are in a collection.

Example: Counting the number of directors

We will start with the count syntax.

{directors | count}

We want to include plural options and singular options in a sentence:

The director(s) is/are present.

We want to use the letter syntax (as shown in the second column above). We want to make sure we include all options in our coding:

The director{#directors | count | gt:1}s are{/}{#directors | count | gt:1} is{/} present.

 

Pay close attention to spacing and how conditionals will affect it.

 

Note: Using the # in this case will not open a collection when using the count function. You will still have to open a collection inside the count condition.

Example:

{#directors | count | gt:1}{#directors}{name}

{/}{/}