# Function does not work as expected

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**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [August 12, 2019, 11:24am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/function-does-not-work-as-expected/27449 "2019-08-12T11:24:46Z")\
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First you want to use logical || operator, not the bitwise | operator:

```julia
if roll == 7 || roll == 11

```

and

```julia
elseif roll == 2 || roll == 3 || roll == 12

```

But after this, the function

```julia
diceroll()

```

is not defined for me, but probably for you.

In general, consider the following:

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