Conky $if_match not working

[DebbyIan]

I'm running Debian Stretch 9.7 and I'm trying the following in a Conky script of mine:

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${if_match "$battery_short"<"D"}${if_match "$battery_percent"=="1"}${exec notify-send "conky-notification"}$endif$endif

It has no effect. It's still running the exec command at every update cycle. Any ideas? Been bogged down with this issue for a few hours thought I'd give the forum a go.

[Dai_trying]

Sends constant notifications on my fresh Stretch install, Is this what you mean? or is there another problem?

[DebbyIan]

The script should obey the if_match condition. It doesn't. It keeps executing the exec command.

[Dai_trying]

That's what I am getting, very weird...

[Bulkley]

Is that an out dated script? I ask because there have been many changes over several years and I have run into Conky scripts that need to be adjusted.

[DebbyIan]

Those statements are barely what you can call a script.
The syntax is correct, the syntax is current (look them up in the Conky man).
The logic is sound.
The conditionals don't work.

[Dai_trying]

There would appear to be a problem using exec inside this condition and I have found a few queries regarding it through google searches but no reason or solution found.
The condition works correctly for text or other output but when using the exec command (regardless of what is executed) it runs constantly even though the condition is not met.