'If' operands cannot be named arguments

Article
11/16/2012

Using named arguments in the operands of the If operator is not valid. The following example causes this error:

Dim i As Integer
Dim result As String
' Not valid.
' result = (If(i > 0, TruePart:="positive", FalsePart:="not positive")

This differs from the IIf function, which does allow named arguments, as shown in the following code:

' Valid.
IIf(i > 0, TruePart:="positive", FalsePart:="not positive")

Error ID: BC33105

To correct this error

Remove the name assignments from the operands, as shown in the following code.
```
result = If(i > 0, "positive", "not positive")
```

See Also

Concepts

Passing Arguments by Position and by Name

Reference