global-functions: introduce $IfThenElse

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/global-functions b/global-functions
index fe51031..e20017b 100644
--- a/global-functions
+++ b/global-functions
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 :global GetMacVendor;
 :global GetRandomNumber;
 :global GetRandomSha256;
+:global IfThenElse;
 :global IPCalc;
 :global LogPrintExit;
 :global MailServerIsUp;
@@ -339,6 +340,14 @@
   :return $FingerPrint;
 }
 
+# mimic conditional/ternary operator (condition ? consequent : alternative)
+:set IfThenElse do={
+  :if ([ :tostr $1 ] = "true" || [ :tobool $1 ] = true) do={
+    :return $2;
+  }
+  :return $3;
+}
+
 # calculate and print netmask, network, min host, max host and broadcast
 :set IPCalc do={
   :local Input [ :tostr $1 ];