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Question about using if condition for a parameter evaluation

yhuang-3
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Question about using if condition for a parameter evaluation

Hi All, I have a question regarding using the if condition inside the "add line" block, would anyone help me about this?

My target is to assign a value to the parameter "c_calculated". If logic=1, I want to use an equation to calculate the variable "c_calculated". If logic=0, I want to assign a number "c_initial" to the variable "c_calculated" . However, it seems like Mathcad does not allow me to do it in the way showing below. Would anyone tell me what is wrong with this?


Thank you!

if condition.JPG

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LucMeekes
23-Emerald III
(To:yhuang-3)

Mathcad complains that the results have different shapes.

in the 'if' line the result is an expression, a symbolic one.

In the 'otherwise'line the result is (most probably) a simple constant.

Mathcad 15 cannot deal with that.

Observing that you're dealing with symbolics, I've revisited your original problem with as result:

And with LOGIC=0 that becomes:

Maybe this approach works for you in Mathcad 15.

Success!
Luc

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LucMeekes
23-Emerald III
(To:yhuang-3)

There are several ways to do what you want:

Success!
Luc

Hi LucMeeks,

Thank you so much for your help! Would you advise me why I failed to get the result? This is an error message that shows up in my worksheet. Thank you!

if condition2.JPG

LucMeekes
23-Emerald III
(To:yhuang-3)

Mathcad complains that the results have different shapes.

in the 'if' line the result is an expression, a symbolic one.

In the 'otherwise'line the result is (most probably) a simple constant.

Mathcad 15 cannot deal with that.

Observing that you're dealing with symbolics, I've revisited your original problem with as result:

And with LOGIC=0 that becomes:

Maybe this approach works for you in Mathcad 15.

Success!
Luc

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