Hi there

I'm having problems trying to do the following:

I have 4 fields, each with a 0 or 1, I want to be able to add these
fields together and base the output on if the total is = 3.

First I started with adding them together:

{ «MG_Q1»+«MG_Q2»+«MG_Q3»+«MG_Q4» }

output: 0+1+1+1

I them made this in to a SUM:

{ =«MG_Q1»+«MG_Q2»+«MG_Q3»+«MG_Q4» }

output: 3

So far so good This gives me the sum of the four fields fine.

Now I need to have an output of YES or NO, depending on if the total
=3, so I put this (based on examples I've seen online):

{ IF{ =«MG_Q1»+«MG_Q2»+«MG_Q3»+«MG_Q4» } } =3 "YES" "NO" }

Using this, I don't get any output at all

I've checked the data source and the fields are non-formatted etc, and
obviously add up OK (as with the second step) but seems I have the IF
clause incorrect.

Any help would be very greatly appreciated.... I'm starting to get
bumps on my head from banging it on the desk!

Many thanks

Stoo

Assuming that you used Ctrl + F9 to insert each pair of field delimiters and
that the superfluous } in

{ IF{ =«MG_Q1»+«MG_Q2»+«MG_Q3»+«MG_Q4» } } =3 "YES" "NO" }

is just a typing error in composing your post, all you may need to do is
update the fields in the document.

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Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

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Hi there

I'm having problems trying to do the following:

I have 4 fields, each with a 0 or 1, I want to be able to add these
fields together and base the output on if the total is = 3.

First I started with adding them together:

{ «MG_Q1»+«MG_Q2»+«MG_Q3»+«MG_Q4» }

output: 0+1+1+1

I them made this in to a SUM:

{ =«MG_Q1»+«MG_Q2»+«MG_Q3»+«MG_Q4» }

output: 3

So far so good This gives me the sum of the four fields fine.

Now I need to have an output of YES or NO, depending on if the total
=3, so I put this (based on examples I've seen online):

{ IF{ =«MG_Q1»+«MG_Q2»+«MG_Q3»+«MG_Q4» } } =3 "YES" "NO" }

Using this, I don't get any output at all

I've checked the data source and the fields are non-formatted etc, and
obviously add up OK (as with the second step) but seems I have the IF
clause incorrect.

Any help would be very greatly appreciated.... I'm starting to get
bumps on my head from banging it on the desk!

Many thanks

Stoo

Many thanks for a speedy reply Doug....

It's sorted thanks It was because I hadn't entered the delimiters
using ctrl+f9 and had typed them in myself... silly huh

Again, thanks...

Stoo


Doug Robbins - Word MVP wrote:
Assuming that you used Ctrl + F9 to insert each pair of field delimiters and
that the superfluous } in

{ IF{ =«MG_Q1»+«MG_Q2»+«MG_Q3»+«MG_Q4» } } =3 "YES" "NO" }

is just a typing error in composing your post, all you may need to do is
update the fields in the document.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

wrote in message
oups.com...
Hi there

I'm having problems trying to do the following:

I have 4 fields, each with a 0 or 1, I want to be able to add these
fields together and base the output on if the total is = 3.

First I started with adding them together:

{ «MG_Q1»+«MG_Q2»+«MG_Q3»+«MG_Q4» }

output: 0+1+1+1

I them made this in to a SUM:

{ =«MG_Q1»+«MG_Q2»+«MG_Q3»+«MG_Q4» }

output: 3

So far so good This gives me the sum of the four fields fine.

Now I need to have an output of YES or NO, depending on if the total
=3, so I put this (based on examples I've seen online):

{ IF{ =«MG_Q1»+«MG_Q2»+«MG_Q3»+«MG_Q4» } } =3 "YES" "NO" }

Using this, I don't get any output at all

I've checked the data source and the fields are non-formatted etc, and
obviously add up OK (as with the second step) but seems I have the IF
clause incorrect.

Any help would be very greatly appreciated.... I'm starting to get
bumps on my head from banging it on the desk!

Many thanks

Stoo