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Old 10-09-2017, 03:09 PM
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I have a conditional field that looks like this:
{ If {Mergefield PaySource } = “1201710P” “Your extra gift” “Your gift” }

When I update the internal field I am looking at this:
{ If 1201710 = “1201710P” “Your extra gift” “Your gift” }

When I update the conditional field I get “Your extra gift”. So it appears that Word is treating 1201710 and 1201710P as equal in value.



The PaySource can have about 6 different values. One will be 1201710. The others will all be that number with a letter suffix added. Any advice on what I am doing wrong and how to revise the field will be much appreciated.
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If you want to test for the P, you could simply use:
Your {IF{MERGEFIELD PaySource }= "*P" "extra "}gift
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Thanks Paul for your prompt reply. Thanks also for your suggestion which seems to have done the trick for me. But although I see how yours works, I don't see why my version doesn't. Are you able to explain why Word is evaluating the two conditions differently?
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Basically, the issue is that the evaluation with the number prefix on both sides treats the mergefield and comparison string as numeric.
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OK. I don't really understand why it would do that, because it effectively means Word is not comparing the actual values involved. But then, who am I to debate the subject!

More importantly, I've learned something new and you've answered my question. Much appreciated. So can you finish by pointing me to the "Solved" button for this thread?
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So can you finish by pointing me to the "Solved" button for this thread?
It's accessed via the 'Thread Tools' dropdown. Done.
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