Square brackets [ ]
To enter square brackets [ ] into the command line press [ or ].
Description
Section titled “Description”Square brackets [ ] are used in macros. For more information see macros.
Using square brackets in macros sets a conditional expression which has to have the solution “True” to be able to execute the following commands. The expression takes user defined variables and logical operators.
| a==b | a equals b |
| a>b | a greater than b |
| a<b | a less than b |
| a<=b | a less than or equals b |
| a>=b | a greater than or equals b |
Important:
The two arguments a and b are treated as text strings and not as numbers – character by character. For example “61” is considered to be greater than “599”, as 6 is greater than 5.
Examples
Section titled “Examples”- To turn off page 3 only if $myvar equals 5, type into the macro line:
[$myvar==5]Off Page 3
- To goto Cue 1 if $var is less than 5, and goto Cue 35 if $var is greater or equals 5, type into the macro line:
Goto Cue [$var<5]1 [$var>=5]35