Conditional statements for text

Hello all,

I am using GH to map various pieces of data from an imported speadsheet.

basically I would like to know how I write an expression so that I can dispatch a point or line if a particular piece of a text statement is true.

For example if the contents of {1} = "Peter Cook", dispatch one item/point/instance.

If contents of {1} = Not "peter cook" then do nothing

Im sorry if it is not clear what I am asking it is a little difficult to explain.

Thanks in advance!

Chris

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Permalink Reply by Pieter Segeren on November 16, 2011 at 1:00pm

Hi Chris, you could use the Fx1 component with the function Contains(x, "Peter Cook") to create a dispatch pattern.

Permalink Reply by Chris Ingram on November 16, 2011 at 2:13pm

Thank you Pieter, thats fantastic. i had an idea that it involved the Function 1 component but was not sure exactly the expression, nor the way dispatch needs the list and the boolean pattern as inputs.

Very helpful thank you very much.

Permalink Reply by Pieter Segeren on November 16, 2011 at 2:59pm

Glad I could help Chris.
(Just hover over an input to find out what you should feed it)
(n.m.: just noticed I spelled both our names wrong, sorry :)

Edit:
You could also write an IF statement: if(x="Peter Cook",1,0)
There are probably more ways...

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