Expression with Or and If condition

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Posted on by marial16

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Hallo,

i am trying to write an expression but i keep messing this up..

I want the expression to check in a recurrent flow, whether today is Monday Or Tuesday.

I initiate 2 variables

if(equals(dayOfWeek(utcNow()),1),true,false)

if(equals(dayOfWeek(utcNow()),2),true,false)

So if it is Monday or Tuesday then skip weekends since i want a reminder to be sent after 48 hrs from a specific Date.

I am not sure how to write an expression that uses both 'equals' 'or'.

If(or(equals(variables('var_isTuesday'),(variables('var_isMonday'),true),'This is true','This is false')

my first attempt was the following but it is not working.

if(equals(variables('var_isMonday'),true),addDays(formatDateTime(utcNow(),'yyyy/MM/dd'),-4),if(equals(variables('var_TodaysDay'),2),addDays(formatDateTime(utcNow(),'yyyy/MM/dd'),-4),
addDays(formatDateTime(utcNow(),'yyyy/MM/dd'),-2)))

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DamoBird365 8,942 Microsoft Employee on at

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Re: Expression with Or and If condition

Hi @marial16

Here's some alternatives for you to try:

contains('12',string(dayOfWeek(utcnow())))

contains('MonTue',formatDateTime(utcnow(),'ddd'))

Both of which check the sting to see if the value exists and returns true or false. Note that it is case sensitive and hence why I have MonTue.

Alternatively based on your idea:

OR(equals(dayofweek(utcnow()),1),equals(dayofweek(utcnow()),2))

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Ed Gonzales 4,531 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Re: Expression with Or and If condition

@marial16
Hi there. So, the OR() needs a complete expression inside each comma, so to fix what you've got already, the expression might look more like this:
If( equals( or( equals( variables('var_isTuesday'), true ), equals( variables('var_isMonday'), true ) ), true ), 'This is true', 'This is false' )

@DamoBird365 's option will probably be quicker, and you can also use a condition:
So many great choices.

Keep us posted! Good luck!
-Ed

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PrajaktaAgte 5 on at

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Re: Expression with Or and If condition

nice one really , helped me

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