How to define multiple variables from the results of a single IF statement?

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April 11, 2016
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A simplified example probably illustrates my question best:

I would like to set multiple variables based on the value of A in my example above.

Thanks,

Kevin

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Best answer by LucMeekes

You're using the 'equals' operator "=" where you should use the assignment operator for programs "<-".

So do like this:

You use:

to test if A equals the string "Value1". The result is either True (nonzero) or false (zero).

You use:

to assign a value of 3 to the variable x, outside of programming.

Inside of a program, the assignment should look like:

Success!
Luc

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LucMeekes

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23-Emerald IV

You're using the 'equals' operator "=" where you should use the assignment operator for programs "<-".

So do like this:

You use:

to test if A equals the string "Value1". The result is either True (nonzero) or false (zero).

You use:

to assign a value of 3 to the variable x, outside of programming.

Inside of a program, the assignment should look like:

Success!
Luc

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StuartBruff

23-Emerald V

Kevin Wadley wrote:

A simplified example probably illustrates my question best:

I would like to set multiple variables based on the value of A in my example above.

Luc's answer is the correct one. Here's another way of assigning values en masse that I sometimes use to make a program more visually compact. Given that Mathcad can do calculations inside an array, you can also use a variant of this method to attach comments to an expression (to ensure they remain aligned).