Trouble with IF function

[Vineesh]

This is the flow I want to set up in my app

1. There is a Drop down menu, were user can select an Option

2. If the user selects "Other" option in the drop down menu then he/she has a Text Input box at the bottom were one can enter a different value

3. There is another Label field at the bottom which auto populates depending upon the value entered, if the user selects any option other than the "other" option from the drop down menu this field gets populated by that value, if "Other" option then it gets populated by the value in the Text Input box.

I used the following Formula for it

If(ComboBox1.Selected.Value="Other",TextInput1,ComboBox1.Selected.Value)

But I get that red swiggly line if I do this but this formula 

If(ComboBox1.Selected.Value="Other",TextInput)

or this one

If(ComboBox1.Selected.Value="Other",ComboBox1.Selected.Value)

Doesn't cause any problem. PLeaseeeeee Help

[Drrickryp · Accepted solution]

hi @Vineesh ,

I believe that you need to specify the .Text in  your formulas when you refer to a TextInput box.  Without including the Textinput1.Text  your reference is to the control itself, not the value that it contains.  If you wish to convert the text in the Textinput box to a number,  you need to enclose it in the Value() function or multiply it by 1.  

[TopShelf-MSFT]

Thanks for posting in the community @Vineesh - can you review the above reply and update the thread if it was helpful?

Thank you,

@TopShelf-MSFT