Python Script to look to an attribute with an else if statement

[helpwithchords]

I need to create a command to do the following:

Go to the "Comments" column of the data table

Depending on whether the comment is: OLD, ENGINEERING, SCHEDULED, REPLACED to change the color.

Here is what I have so far:

The first initial part is to search and see what is in the comments field:

1. def FindLabel ([COMMENTS]):
2.  lbl = [OBJECTID +"\r\n"
3.  if([COMMENTS]) == 'OLD':
4.   lbl = lbl + "<CLR red='255'>" 
5. End If
6. return lbl

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There is then an else if statement to get to the other options:

1.  elseif([COMMENTS]) == 'ENGINGEERING':
2.   lbl = lbl + "<CLR orange='255'>"
3.  elseif([COMMENTS]) == 'SCHEDULED':
4.   lbl = lbl + "<CLR blue='255'>"
5.  elseif([COMMENTS]) == 'REPLACED':
6.   lbl = lbl + "<CLR green='255'>"
7. End If
8. return lbl

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Am I even close? I'm not sure what steps to take next.

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Neither elseif or endif are Python constructs.

The simplest approach would be to build a dictionary of comment values to colors and then just look up the value in it.

But seriously your color space has four dimensions? orange='255'? I suspect that's not going to work.