topic Re: Script syntax to continue on the next line in QlikView https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Script-syntax-to-continue-on-the-next-line/m-p/720428#M1059397 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>your script already works in Qlik</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 29 Sep 2014 17:57:24 GMT maxgro 2014-09-29T17:57:24Z Script syntax to continue on the next line https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Script-syntax-to-continue-on-the-next-line/m-p/720426#M1059395 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have a large nested if statement and would like to format it as follows:</P><P></P><P>if(Branch = 991, 'Export',</P><P>if(Branch = 322, 'Export non Group',</P><P>if(Channel = 5, 'Sample Account',</P><P>...</P><P>if(Channel = 9, 'Legacy', 'Potential'))))) as AccountType,</P><P></P><P></P><P>Is there a character I can place at the end of a line (such as after 'Export', ) that indicates that the command is continued on the next line? </P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 29 Sep 2014 17:51:32 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Script-syntax-to-continue-on-the-next-line/m-p/720426#M1059395 hobanwashburne 2014-09-29T17:51:32Z Re: Script syntax to continue on the next line https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Script-syntax-to-continue-on-the-next-line/m-p/720427#M1059396 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>The carriage returns are ignored by the expression editor so you are good from a functional standpoint.</P><P></P><P>Is it merely to document the expression for another developer ? </P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 29 Sep 2014 17:55:36 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Script-syntax-to-continue-on-the-next-line/m-p/720427#M1059396 JonnyPoole 2014-09-29T17:55:36Z Re: Script syntax to continue on the next line https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Script-syntax-to-continue-on-the-next-line/m-p/720428#M1059397 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>your script already works in Qlik</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 29 Sep 2014 17:57:24 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Script-syntax-to-continue-on-the-next-line/m-p/720428#M1059397 maxgro 2014-09-29T17:57:24Z Re: Script syntax to continue on the next line https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Script-syntax-to-continue-on-the-next-line/m-p/720429#M1059398 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thank you both, I discovered the source of the error was an extra comma.</P><P></P><P>I'm re-scripting someone else's work who used VERY large nested if statements. I want to view the code like my example for my own understanding and hopefully find a better way of going about it.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 29 Sep 2014 18:01:53 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Script-syntax-to-continue-on-the-next-line/m-p/720429#M1059398 hobanwashburne 2014-09-29T18:01:53Z