Why isn't this If working?

[DavidLozzi]

Trying the following if statement. When I write importance out to anothe field, it's 1 or 2 (depending on importance of email). But trying this expression in a field it errors saying invalid

if(triggerBody()?['Importance'] = 2,true,false)

[v-micsh-msft]

Hi @DavidLozzi,

Take a try to format the importance with int() function:

if(int(triggerBody()?['Importance']) = 2,true,false)

See if this would make any difference.

Regards,

Michael

[DavidLozzi]

No dice, 

if(int(triggerBody()?['Importance'])=2,true,false)

[Mike2500 · Accepted solution]

I just experienced something similar. I couldn't get the most basic if statement to work in the expression box. the following threw the same error you reported:

if(1=2,1,2)

But the following worked:

if(equals(1,2),1,2)

So, perhaps try:

if(equals(triggerBody()?['Importance']),2),true,false)

Edit: Of course, Flow is using Workflow Definition Language. For a moment I had gotten confused and was using PowerApps syntax. the reference for WDL functions is here:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/logic-apps/logic-apps-workflow-definition-language#functions

So, in PowerApps, 1=1 is fine, but in Flow, we should use equals(1,1)