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IIF()

IIF is an AMPscript function in the utility category. Both branches are evaluated.

Syntax

IIF(condition, ifTrue, ifFalse)

Example

%%=IIF(Empty(FirstName), "friend", FirstName)=%%
Rendered output
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Output produced by AmpSend's AMPscript engine (validated against Salesforce's own test corpus) - not a hand-written result.

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Official Salesforce documentation

IIF in the official AMPscript reference - or browse the official index of AMPscript functions for platform behavior and edge cases.

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