How to test whether a drop down box is empty

[Ryan_Oliver_02445]

Good evening I am attempting to create large if-then structured built into Functions.

However, I am running into the problem of not being able to write IF-ELSE statements, when the argument is whether a drop-box is empty, or not.

Here is an example:

var dropBox = this.getField("Drop Box)";
var SourceField = this.getField("Source");
if (dropBox.valueAsString != "") {
  console.println(sourceField);
}

Even if Drop Box has no strings selected, it still won't complete the statement.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[try67]

What's the default value of the drop-down?

[Ryan_Oliver_02445]

The drop-box has a blank entry as its default

[try67 · Accepted solution]

Then it should work if that value is selected... What is the outcome of running this code?

[Ryan_Oliver_02445]

The full code is supposed to scan through 7 different drop box fields.  For every first drop box field that is empty, the "Source" variable will be put into the first available drop box field.

I want to be able to scan for which ones are empty, or not, that way nothing gets over-written in the drop box fields.