VoiceXML 2.1 Development Guide

<else> element

The else element is used as the final logic constructor in an array of conditional statements. The content nested within the else element will get executed when all other if and elseif cond attributes evaluate to ‘false’.

usage

attributes

none

shadow variables

none

parents

<if>

children

none

code samples

<If-Else-ElseIf> sample

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<vxml version = "2.1">

<meta name="author" content="Matthew Henry"/>
<meta name="copyright" content="2005 voxeo corporation"/>
<meta name="maintainer" content="YOUR_EMAIL@HERE.COM"/>

<form id="F1">
<field name="F_1">
<prompt> who would win in a fist fight, Oprah, Madonna, or James Brown? </prompt>
<grammar type="text/gsl">[ oprah madonna (james brown) ] </grammar>

<filled>
<if cond="F_1=='oprah'">
<prompt>
you really think Oprah could duke it out
with the Godfather of soul?
</prompt>

<elseif cond="F_1=='madonna'"/>
<prompt>
madonna would get creamed, who do
you think you are kidding?
</prompt>

<else/>
<prompt>
James Brown would whip up on both
Oprah and Madonna
</prompt>

</if>
</filled>
</field>

</form>
</vxml>

additional links

W3C 2.0 Specification

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