Compare two variables using if in qliksense

[siddharthsoam]

Hi,

I want to compare 2 variables using if condition in the measure section of a pivot.

Variables are-

S.No	Variable name	Expression
1	$(prev_month)	Date( MonthEnd(addmonths(Max(Date#(reportdate,'DD-MMM-YYYY')),-1)),'DD-MMM-YYYY')
2	$(v_q_end)	if(GetSelectedCount(reportdate)=0, date(date#(  QuarterEnd( AddMonths( date(date#($(max_recent_date),'DD-MMM-YYYY'),'DD-MMM-YYYY'),-3)),'M/DD/YYYY'),'DD-MMM-YYYY'), date(date#(  QuarterEnd( AddMonths( date(date#(GetFieldSelections(reportdate),'DD-MMM-YYYY'),'DD-MMM-YYYY'),-3)),'M/DD/YYYY'),'DD-MMM-YYYY') )

I am trying to use the following expression-

if($(prev_month)=$(v_q_end),

count(EMPLID))

But to no avail.. want help please