# Conditional statements in a string

**URL:** <https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/conditional-statements-in-a-string/2760>\
**Category:** Packages\
**Created:** [December 21, 2015, 12:16pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/conditional-statements-in-a-string/2760 "2015-12-21T12:16:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Andre\_Jagnanan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f08c70/32.png) [@Andre\_Jagnanan](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Andre_Jagnanan)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2015, 12:16pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/conditional-statements-in-a-string/2760/1 "2015-12-21T12:16:02Z")

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Hello all,

i am in need of some assistance again. I need to filter l elements, where the value of the “Mark” parameter contains contains either “P” OR “W” (red circle below). Does anyone know how i can accomplish this?

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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Shaver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f14d63/32.png) [@Jeff\_Shaver](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Jeff_Shaver)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2015, 12:24pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/conditional-statements-in-a-string/2760/2 "2015-12-21T12:24:29Z")

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The design script for boolean “or” is “||” you can dump it in a codeblock.

There might be a more elegant solution but this has worked well for me:

 ![Dynamo - Boolean Or](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/short-url/2JbA6VdC8yOSZcicucjeP0pULNw.png)

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**Author:** ![Andre\_Jagnanan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f08c70/32.png) [@Andre\_Jagnanan](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Andre_Jagnanan)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2015, 12:50pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/conditional-statements-in-a-string/2760/3 "2015-12-21T12:50:27Z")

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I see what you did there. Worked like a charm. Thank you!!

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**Author:** ![Vikram\_Subbaiah](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/vikram_subbaiah/32/50797_2.png) [@Vikram\_Subbaiah](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Vikram_Subbaiah)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2015, 10:24pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/conditional-statements-in-a-string/2760/4 "2015-12-21T22:24:12Z")

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