Couldn't extract another token error?

Can anyone tell me what an (invalid expression, couldn’t extract another token) error means in cside

The code this is happening with is:

*Temp fr “a”
*If ${mc_element} = “frost”
*Set fr “a fellow”

The line cside cites as a problem is the middle one. This code is not under any choice option but that shouldn’t matter. I would appreciate anyone who could give me an idea what is wrong with this code.

The format for the mc_element check should be as follows.

*temp fr "a"
*if (mc_element="frost")
    *set fr "a fellow"

The ${variable} command is only used to print variables within the text. For example the code

*set mc_element "frost"
The element is ${mc_element}.

would show

The element is frost.
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You could also change the () for “” in mc_element, as in

*temp fr "a"
*if "${mc_element}" = "frost"
    *set fr "a fellow"

I’d advise you to put the command for caps lock, however, because this is case sensitive. So

*temp fr "a"
*if "$!!{mc_element}" = "FROST"
    *set fr "a fellow"
Screenshots

If you put in your code, for example
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the code would look like this
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where choosing the first option would lead to
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and choosing the second one would lead to
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