Question about doing math in pdf form

Hi, I have created a filable form in adobe. I am trying to perform some basic math in this pdf form but I can't seem to get it to work. I have few fields that I am using basic logic to calculate one field. I used the following code.
if (Dropdown4> 0){
KWH = Dropdown3 * Dropdown4 * KWH1;}
else
{KWH = Dropdown3*Dropdown4*Dropdown1;}
endif
KWH1 is a fillable field but dropdown1, dropdown 3 and dropdown 4 are fields with drop down lists. I want to populate field KWH based on the logic above. I don't get any result whatsoever. The KWH field is blank.

The custom calculate script for the KWH field would be something like:
// Get the value of the fields, as numbers
var DD1 = +getField("Dropdown1").value;
var DD4 = +getField("Dropdown4").value;
var DD3 = +getField("Dropdown3").value;
var KWH1 = +getField("KWH1").value;
// Set this field's value
event.value = DD4 > 0 ? DD3 * DD4 * KW1 : DD3 * DD4 * DD1;
That last line is equivalent to:
if (DD4 > 0) {
event.value = DD3 * DD4 * KW1;
} else {
event.value = DD3 * DD4 * DD1;
There are a number of tutorials available if you want to learn more about creating custom calculation scripts in PDF forms. Post again if you need help finding them.

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