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{ “title”: “IF”, “language”: “en” }

Description

Returns valueTrue when the condition is true, and returns valueFalseOrNull otherwise. The return type is determined by the result of the valueTrue/valueFalseOrNull expression.

Syntax

IF(<condition>, <value_true>, <value_false_or_null>)

Parameters

Parameter	Description
<condition>	The boolean condition to evaluate.
<value_true>	The value to return if <condition> evaluates to true.
<value_false_or_null>	The value to return if <condition> evaluates to false.

Return Value

The result of the IF expression:

• Returns valueTrue when the condition is true.
• Returns valueFalseOrNull when the condition is false.

Examples

SELECT user_id, IF(user_id = 1, 'true', 'false') AS test_if FROM test;

+---------+---------+
| user_id | test_if |
+---------+---------+
| 1       | true    |
| 2       | false   |
+---------+---------+