# Field value equal to 0 not recognized in a IF statetement
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/field-value-equal-to-0-not-recognized-in-a-if-statetement/248830
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [September 16, 2020, 12:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/field-value-equal-to-0-not-recognized-in-a-if-statetement/248830 "2020-09-16T12:40:09Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@nino](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nino)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2020, 12:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/field-value-equal-to-0-not-recognized-in-a-if-statetement/248830/1 "2020-09-16T12:40:09Z")
Hello all,
i have this float field:
```
{
"field_value" => 0.0
}
```
And this if statement in a logstash pipeline:
```
if [field_value] == 0 {
mutate{
add_field => {"is_zero" => "yes"}
}
}
else {
mutate{
add_field => {"is_zero" => "no"}
}
}
```
"is\_zero" is always "no" in spite of "field\_value" is 0.0. Sure i am missing something but i can't guess it
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### Author:  [@vvwood](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vvwood)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2020, 12:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/field-value-equal-to-0-not-recognized-in-a-if-statetement/248830/2 "2020-09-16T12:46:42Z")
As far as I know, 0 and 0.0 are not the same. (Float vs Int) What happens if you change the if statement to look for 0.0?
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### Author:  [@nino](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nino)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2020, 1:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/field-value-equal-to-0-not-recognized-in-a-if-statetement/248830/3 "2020-09-16T13:03:23Z")
Oh my god, i am stupid!. Thank you Vince
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### Author:  [@vvwood](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vvwood)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2020, 1:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/field-value-equal-to-0-not-recognized-in-a-if-statetement/248830/4 "2020-09-16T13:24:34Z")
You are most likely not stupid, but rather got lost in the details. It happens to the best of us. Glad I could help.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2020, 1:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/field-value-equal-to-0-not-recognized-in-a-if-statetement/248830/5 "2020-10-14T13:24:38Z")
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