# Can you do Or statments in a filter?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-you-do-or-statments-in-a-filter/40179>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [January 27, 2016, 12:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-you-do-or-statments-in-a-filter/40179 "2016-01-27T00:37:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![jnpetty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecc23a/32.png) [@jnpetty](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jnpetty)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 12:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-you-do-or-statments-in-a-filter/40179/1 "2016-01-27T00:37:55Z")

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So I have two firewalls and a filter setup to process with a "if [host]" check is met. Is there a way to something like:

```
if [host] =~ /192\.168\.100\.1/ OR /192\.168\.100\.2/ {

}
```

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 7:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-you-do-or-statments-in-a-filter/40179/2 "2016-01-27T07:28:30Z")

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Yes you can:

```
if [host] =~ /192\.168\.100\.1/ or [host] =~ /192\.168\.100\.2/ {

```

Better:

```
if [host] =~ /^192\.168\.100\.[12]$/ {

```

The syntax for conditionals is documented: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/event-dependent-configuration.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/event-dependent-configuration.html)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 5:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-you-do-or-statments-in-a-filter/40179/3 "2017-07-06T05:14:11Z")

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