Re: if then else statement

From: jbuzan <jbuzan_at_nyahnyahspammersnyahnyah>
Date: Thu May 30 2013 - 22:05:29 MDT

Thanks Mary!

-Jonathan

On May 30, 2013, at 2:32 PM, Mary Haley wrote:

> Oops, I have a parenthesis error in my code. It should be:
>
>> if(all(wb.gt.0)) then
>
> --Mary
>
> On May 30, 2013, at 2:05 PM, Mary Haley wrote:
>
>> You can't use an "if" statement on an array of values by themselves.
>>
>> If "wb" is an array, and you want the True part of the "if" statement to be executed if *any* of the "wb" values are greater than 0, then use the "any" function:
>>
>> if(any(wb).gt.0) then
>> …
>>
>> If you want the True part of the "if" statement executed only if *all* of the values are > 0, then use "all":
>>
>> if(all(wb).gt.0) then
>>
>> You may also want to look at the "where" function, which allows you to do a calculation on a variable based on certain conditions and then return the new value.
>>
>> For example, if you want "wb" to have a calculation performed on it for any value over 0, but you want to keep the value for anything <= 0, you can do something like:
>>
>> wb = where(wb.gt.0,wb+1,wb) ; Adds 1 to any value > 0
>>
>> The "wb+1" is just an example. Obviously you'd want to replace this with your own calculation.
>>
>> --Mary
>>
>>
>> On May 30, 2013, at 1:58 PM, jbuzan wrote:
>>
>>> Hello NCL-Talk,
>>>
>>> I am having an issue with my statement:
>>>
>>> Line 276 if (wb.gt.0.) then
>>> Line 277 do j = 0, 4
>>> Line 278-347 calculations…
>>> Line 348 end do
>>> Line 349 else
>>> Line 350 wb = wb
>>> Line 351 end if
>>>
>>> fatal:Conditional statements (if and do while) require SCALAR logical values, see all and any functions
>>> fatal:Execute: Error occurred at or near line 350
>>>
>>> I am not sure what I am doing incorrectly here, any suggestions?
>>>
>>> -Jonathan
>>>
>>>
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