Pyros, from what I understand, the stuff in the brackets is like an abbreviated if..then..else statement. It would read: if $secondVar, value is 1, otherwise it is 0. I'm not sure but I think it evaluates $secondVar on a true false basis, but I think you could specify otherwise.
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