Output based on multiple combinations

[K Robert]

I have a funtion that checks the value of 3 array elements:

    
var prodMessage = "Ordered by: "
...
 
if ((busPart1 == "ordered") || (busPart2 == "oredered") || (busPart3 == "ordered")){
return prodMessage;
...

I can get prodMessage to print based on this criteria, but if any of these conditions are true, I need to add "Business Partner 1", "Business Partner 2", "Business Partner 3", or any combination thereof to create examples such as:
"Ordered by: Business Partner 3"
"Ordered by: Business Partner 1, Business Partner 3"
"Ordered by: Business Partner 1, Business Partner 2, Business Partner 3"

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Christophe Verré]

You should check for each flag one after another then (3 if blocks), and concatenate "Business Partner X" depending on each flag. Another method would be to use indexes to an array, instead of booleans.

[K Robert]

You should check for each flag one after another then (3 if blocks), and concatenate "Business Partner X" depending on each flag. Another method would be to use indexes to an array, instead of booleans.

So, if I read you right, something like this?

  
var bp1 = "Business Partner 1";
var bp2 = "Business Partner 2";
var bp3 = "Business Partner 3";
...
if (busPart1 == "ordered"){
 return bp1;
}
 
if (busPart2 == "ordered"){
 return bp2;
}
 
if (busPart3 == "ordered"){
 return bp3;
}
...

How would I join them to prodMessage?

[Eric Pascarello]

Build a string? Basic concept of string concatenation should do the trick.

Eric

[K Robert]

Yeah I understand "variable + variable + variable". Just didn't know if that was the case or not with the return values. As in:

  
...  
if (busPart1 == "ordered"){ 
return bp1;
} 
 
if (busPart2 == "ordered"){ 
return bp2;
} 
 
if (busPart3 == "ordered"){ 
return bp3;
}...
 
return bp1 + bp2 + bp3;

[Eric Pascarello]

return it at the end, not in the if statements.

Eric

[Liu Zhixiang]

if ((busPart1 == "ordered" ;) || (busPart2 == "ordered" ;) || (busPart3 == "ordered" ;) )
{
var bp1=(busPart1 == "ordered"?"Business Partner 1":"" ;) ;
var bp2=(busPart2 == "ordered"?"Business Partner 2":"" ;) ;
var bp3=(busPart3 == "ordered"?"Business Partner 3":"" ;) ;
var results="Ordered by: "+bp1+bp2+bp3;
return results;
}

OR


var results = (busPart1 == "ordered"?"Business Partner 1":"" ;) +(busPart2 == "ordered"?"Business Partner 2":"" ;) +(busPart3 == "ordered"?"Business Partner 3":"" ;) ;
if(results!="" ;) {return results};
[ September 20, 2006: Message edited by: Liu Zhixiang ]

[K Robert]

Thanks for the help.