On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 02:42:36PM +0200, Haeusler Reinhard wrote: > > I wanted to set a variable depending on another variable to different > values.
You need to use a few tricks to do this. I have rewritten the code you provided: > VAR2 = $(if ??? $(VAR1), S1, s, $(if ??? $(VAR1), M, m)) # ??? means: don't VAR2 := $(if $(filter S1,$(VAR1)),s) VAR2 := $(if $(filter M, $(VAR1)),m,$(VAR2)) So what happens here: The expression $(filter S1,$(VAR1)) result in 'S1' when VAR1 equals S1. Therefore $(if select the first part, which is s. The second line have $(VAR2) in the else clause to avoid overwriting the previously assigned value. You can use filter-out, filter, patsubst to obtain the same functionality. HTH, Sam _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make