Help with an if statement

[#1]

Hi,

I am probably missing something basic here. I am trying to change a column's values by using a combination of two other column values. I type in the following if statement and the column values do not change. What am I missing here? Thanks for any tips and advice. 

Names Default To Here( 1 );
dt = Data Table( "20210811Miflezet_CAPCMP.jmp" );
dt << Begin Data Update;
If( :justice_decision_REC_RILE2 == "reject" & :RILE_Calc2a == "center"
,
	 :Rile_Calc3 == "center"
	 ,
	:justice_decision_REC_RILE2 == "accept" & :RILE_Calc2a == "center"
	,
	 :Rile_Calc3 == "center"
	 ,
	:justice_decision_REC_RILE2 == "reject" & :RILE_Calc2a == "left"
	,
	 :Rile_Calc3 == "right"
	 ,
	:justice_decision_REC_RILE2 == "accept" & :RILE_Calc2a == "left"
	,
	:Rile_Calc3 == "left"
	,
	:justice_decision_REC_RILE2 == "reject" & :RILE_Calc2a == "right"
	,
	:Rile_Calc3 == "left"
	,
	:justice_decision_REC_RILE2 == "accept" & :RILE_Calc2a == "right"
	,
	:Rile_Calc3 == "right"
);
dt << End Data Update;

[#2]

You could use either For Each Row or Set Each Value. Below is an example:

Names Default To Here(1);
dt = Open("$SAMPLE_DATA/Big Class.jmp");
For Each Row(
	If(:sex == "F",
		:age = .
	);
);

dt:weight << Set Each Value(
	If(:sex == "M",
		.,
		:height
	);
);

[#3]

Thanks for the answer! As the various scripting guides show, it should be the right thing yet it did not work here. I assume something was wrong with the data table and all the processing I already did on these variables. Eventually, the workaround was to concatenate the two nominal columns to one and then recode the expressions I got there to the desired outcomes. Thanks again.

[#4 · Accepted solution]

In your original JSL you probably ( edit: also ) want to change

Rile_Calc3 == "center" // compare. the result of the compare (0 or 1) will be the result of the if(), see below

to

Rile_Calc3 = "center" // assign value

JSL if statements return a value; you could write it as

:Rile_Calc3 = If( 
   :justice_decision_REC_RILE2 == "reject" & :RILE_Calc2a == "center",  "center",
   :justice_decision_REC_RILE2 == "accept" & :RILE_Calc2a == "center",  "center",
   :justice_decision_REC_RILE2 == "reject" & :RILE_Calc2a == "left",  "right",
   :justice_decision_REC_RILE2 == "accept" & :RILE_Calc2a == "left", "left",
   :justice_decision_REC_RILE2 == "reject" & :RILE_Calc2a == "right", "left",
   :justice_decision_REC_RILE2 == "accept" & :RILE_Calc2a == "right", "right",
   :Rile_Calc3 // or "Unknown" ? depends how you want to handle the unexpected case.
);

If you know there are no unexpected cases, you can omit the final otherwise clause. But the nature of unexpected cases is to show up when least expected.

If Secrets 

[#5]

That actually worked. I did one small tweak using @jthi 's post and did small changes in @Craige_Hales's code. The final format that worked for me was this: 

dt = Data Table( "20210812Miflezet_CAPCMP.jmp" );
For Each Row(
 If( 
  :just_dec_rec == "reject" & :RILE_Rec == "center",  :RILE4="center",
   :just_dec_rec == "accept" & :RILE_Rec == "center", :RILE4= "center",
   :just_dec_rec == "reject" & :RILE_Rec == "left", :RILE4= "right",
   :just_dec_rec == "accept" & :RILE_Rec == "left", :RILE4="left",
   :just_dec_rec == "reject" & :RILE_Rec == "right", :RILE4="left",
   :just_dec_rec == "accept" & :RILE_Rec == "right", :RILE4="right"
));