{"id":31322,"date":"2018-04-21T15:47:45","date_gmt":"2018-04-21T15:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ampscript.guide\/statements\/"},"modified":"2021-04-06T01:18:17","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T01:18:17","slug":"statements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ampscript.guide\/statements\/","title":{"rendered":"Statements"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Statements<\/h2>\n<p>The <code>if<\/code> statement allows the conditional evaluation of one or more expressions, which, if it evaluates to <code>true<\/code>, will process the block of code within it.<\/p>\n<p>An <code>if<\/code> statement, at a minimum, must contain three elements:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>an opening <code>if<\/code> statement<\/li>\n<li>a <code>then<\/code> statement preceding the expression for evaluation<\/li>\n<li>a closing <code>endif<\/code> statement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Expressions within an <code>if<\/code> statement can include the following types:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/constants\">Constants<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/variables\">Variables<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/attributes\">Attributes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/personalization-strings\">Personalization Strings<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/function-calls\">Function Calls<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Example 1<\/h3>\n<p>In the following example, the <code>@group<\/code> variable will only be <code>set<\/code> if the value of <code>@age<\/code> is greater than or equal to 18:<\/p>\n<div class=\"rcp_restricted rcp_paid_only\"><div>\n\n\n\t\n\t<form id=\"rcp_login_form\"  class=\"rcp_form\" method=\"POST\" action=\"https:\/\/ampscript.guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31322\/\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<fieldset class=\"rcp_login_data\">\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<label for=\"rcp_user_login\">Username or Email<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t<input name=\"rcp_user_login\" id=\"rcp_user_login\" class=\"required\" type=\"text\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<label for=\"rcp_user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t<input name=\"rcp_user_pass\" id=\"rcp_user_pass\" class=\"required\" type=\"password\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"rcp_user_remember\" id=\"rcp_user_remember\" value=\"1\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<label for=\"rcp_user_remember\">Remember me<\/label>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"rcp_lost_password\"><a href=\"\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31322?rcp_action=lostpassword\">Lost your password?<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rcp_action\" value=\"login\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rcp_redirect\" value=\"https:\/\/ampscript.guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31322\/\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rcp_login_nonce\" value=\"0c0230e06d\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<input id=\"rcp_login_submit\" class=\"rcp-button\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Login\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/fieldset>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/form>\n<br \/>\nNot a subscriber? <a href=\"\/subscriptions\/subscribe\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Example 2<\/h3>\n<p>In the following example, if the value of <code>@age<\/code> is greater than or equal to 18, then the <code>@group<\/code> variable will only be <code>set<\/code> to <code>adult<\/code>, otherwise it will be set to <code>child<\/code>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rcp_restricted rcp_paid_only\"><div>\n\n\n\t\n\t<form id=\"rcp_login_form\"  class=\"rcp_form\" method=\"POST\" action=\"https:\/\/ampscript.guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31322\/\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<fieldset class=\"rcp_login_data\">\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<label for=\"rcp_user_login\">Username or Email<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t<input name=\"rcp_user_login\" id=\"rcp_user_login\" class=\"required\" type=\"text\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<label for=\"rcp_user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t<input name=\"rcp_user_pass\" id=\"rcp_user_pass\" class=\"required\" type=\"password\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"rcp_user_remember\" id=\"rcp_user_remember\" value=\"1\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<label for=\"rcp_user_remember\">Remember me<\/label>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"rcp_lost_password\"><a href=\"\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31322?rcp_action=lostpassword\">Lost your password?<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rcp_action\" value=\"login\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rcp_redirect\" value=\"https:\/\/ampscript.guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31322\/\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rcp_login_nonce\" value=\"0c0230e06d\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<input id=\"rcp_login_submit\" class=\"rcp-button\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Login\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/fieldset>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/form>\n<br \/>\nNot a subscriber? <a href=\"\/subscriptions\/subscribe\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Example 3<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rcp_restricted rcp_paid_only\"><div>\n\n\n\t\n\t<form id=\"rcp_login_form\"  class=\"rcp_form\" method=\"POST\" action=\"https:\/\/ampscript.guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31322\/\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<fieldset class=\"rcp_login_data\">\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<label for=\"rcp_user_login\">Username or Email<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t<input name=\"rcp_user_login\" id=\"rcp_user_login\" class=\"required\" type=\"text\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<label for=\"rcp_user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t<input name=\"rcp_user_pass\" id=\"rcp_user_pass\" class=\"required\" type=\"password\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"rcp_user_remember\" id=\"rcp_user_remember\" value=\"1\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<label for=\"rcp_user_remember\">Remember me<\/label>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"rcp_lost_password\"><a href=\"\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31322?rcp_action=lostpassword\">Lost your password?<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rcp_action\" value=\"login\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rcp_redirect\" value=\"https:\/\/ampscript.guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31322\/\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rcp_login_nonce\" value=\"0c0230e06d\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<input id=\"rcp_login_submit\" class=\"rcp-button\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Login\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/fieldset>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/form>\n<br \/>\nNot a subscriber? 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