Starts-with function

David Paras

• December 22, 2014 21:49

$varGender has a value of FEMALE, MALE, Male, Female, or Unknown

My original statement was:

WHEN CONDITION{ starts-with( $varGender, 'F') = True} VALUE=[ 'Female']

WHEN CONDITION{ starts-with( $varGender, 'M') = True} VALUE=[ 'Male']

OTHERWISE VALUE=[ '']

This resulted in the exact opposite result so F was Male and M was Female.

I added single quotes to True and this fixed it:

WHEN CONDITION{ starts-with( $varGender, 'F') = 'True'} VALUE=[ 'Female']

WHEN CONDITION{ starts-with( $varGender, 'M') = 'True'} VALUE=[ 'Male']

OTHERWISE VALUE=[ '']

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  David Paras

  • December 22, 2014 21:49

  Since the starts-with function already evaluates to true or false, the additional = True condition is redundant. The rule works as expected if the "= True" portion of the expression is removed.

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