Title: Adding Conditional Group as Pipe Value
Last modified: February 24, 2021

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# Adding Conditional Group as Pipe Value

 *  Resolved [ashamun](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ashamun/)
 * (@ashamun)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-conditional-group-as-pipe-value/)
 * Hey there. I have a unique situation and was wondering if someone could help 
   me. I need a form to go to a pipe value but based on the main selection choice
   OR the conditional selection choice. Here’s what I have:
 *     ```
       [select* state first_as_label "State of Interest" "Arizona|john@email.com,jane@email.com" "California|[if-california][california-sub-region][/if-california]" "Florida|john@email.com,jane@email.com" "New York|john@email.com,jane@email.com" "North Carolina|ted@email.com,carl@email.com"]
   
       [group if-california]
       [select* california-sub-region first_as_label "Select California Region" "Northern California|jack@email.com,jill@email.com" "Central California|jack@email.com,jill@email.com" "Southern California|john@email.com,jane@email.com"]
       [/group]
       ```
   
 * Whenever I set it up like this and go to the conditional fields area to setup
   the condition, the “state” field is missing under “Show if”. I may just be doing
   something wrong. Is there anyway to make this happen?
 * Thanks in advance!
 * Side Note: Please notice the emails are different for many of the options.
    -  This topic was modified 5 years, 1 month ago by [ashamun](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ashamun/).

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 *  Plugin Author [Jules Colle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jules-colle/)
 * (@jules-colle)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-conditional-group-as-pipe-value/#post-14096146)
 * Hi, you cannot use groups inside simple form tags or inside values.
    Groups can
   only be used to group parts of the form.
 * Please check some examples to get a feel for how to use the group tag.
 * [https://conditional-fields-cf7.bdwm.be/conditional-fields-for-contact-form-7-tutorial/](https://conditional-fields-cf7.bdwm.be/conditional-fields-for-contact-form-7-tutorial/)
   
   [https://conditional-fields-cf7.bdwm.be/simple-form/](https://conditional-fields-cf7.bdwm.be/simple-form/)
   [https://conditional-fields-cf7.bdwm.be/questionnaire-2/](https://conditional-fields-cf7.bdwm.be/questionnaire-2/)
 *  Thread Starter [ashamun](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ashamun/)
 * (@ashamun)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-conditional-group-as-pipe-value/#post-14096197)
 * Hi Jules,
 * Thanks for the quick reply!
 * I was afraid of that :(. Is there another way to achieve what I’m trying to achieve?
   Where I can have the email go to either the state value OR the group value?
 * There may not be, but thought I’d ask.
 *  Plugin Author [Jules Colle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jules-colle/)
 * (@jules-colle)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-conditional-group-as-pipe-value/#post-14096501)
 * Sure, you can make it happen with an empty group.
 * form:
 *     ```
       [select* state first_as_label "State of Interest" "Arizona|john@email.com,jane@email.com" "California" "Florida|john@email.com,jane@email.com" "New York|john@email.com,jane@email.com" "North Carolina|ted@email.com,carl@email.com"]
   
       [group if-california]
       [select* california-sub-region first_as_label "Select California Region" "Northern California|jack@email.com,jill@email.com" "Central California|jack@email.com,jill@email.com" "Southern California|john@email.com,jane@email.com"]
       [/group]
   
       [group not-california][/group]
       [submit]
       ```
   
 * conditions:
 *     ```
       show [if-california] if [state] equals "California"
       show [not-california] if [state] not equals "California"
       ```
   
 * And finally, add this line to the To field:
 * `[if-california][california-sub-region][/if-california][not-california][state][/
   not-california]`
 * see it in action:
    [https://conditional-fields-cf7.bdwm.be/form-tester/?hash=477f3829a38b088e03234651930fee77](https://conditional-fields-cf7.bdwm.be/form-tester/?hash=477f3829a38b088e03234651930fee77)
 *  Thread Starter [ashamun](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ashamun/)
 * (@ashamun)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-conditional-group-as-pipe-value/#post-14096578)
 * That’s great! Not sure why it didn’t occur to me. Thanks Jules!

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