Reference: .if
Author: Daniel Gilly & the Staff of O'Reilly & Associates
Date: 1998-08-06T22:00:43Z

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| Chapter 12 Nroff and Troff |

## .if

    .if [!]condition anything

If `condition` is true, do `anything`. The presence of an ! negates the condition. If `anything` runs over more than one line, it can be delimited by \{ and \}.

### Conditions

o

  True if the page number is odd.

e

  True if the page number is even.

n

  True if the processor is nroff.

t

  True if the processor is troff.

"`str1`"`str2`"

  True if `str1` is identical to `str2`. Often used to test the value of arguments passed to a macro.

`expr`

  True if the value of expression `expr` is greater than zero.

### Expressions

Expressions typically contain number register interpolations, and can use any of the following operators:

`+ -`

  Addition, subtraction.

`/ *`

  Multiplication, division.

`%`

  Modulo.

`> <`

  Greater than, less than.

`>= <=`

  Greater than or equal, less than or equal.

`= ==`

  Equal.

`&`

  Logical AND.

`:`

  Logical OR.

### Examples

>     .if t .nr PD 0.5v  \" Set spacing between ms paragraphs
>     .if !"\\$2"" \{\ \" If the arg 2 is non null, print arg 3 in bold
>     \fB\\$2/\P\}

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