skill to detect ADEXL options

Im trying to create a skill script that will look at the ADEXL HPO options to calculate the required tokens.  Ive been able to read the options on the HPO panel but need some help with the rest.   Heres the beginning of the code:

;; defining the PreRun function
(define (PreRun session_name sdb_highandle mode_string test_name)
        (printf "Launching a new run %L %L %L %L\n" session_name sdb_highandle mode_string test_name)
       

       tests=axlGetTests(sdb_highandle)
            
    jobPolicyName=axlGetAttachedJobPolicy()->name
    distmethod=axlGetAttachedJobPolicy()->distributionmethod

         ;; traversing all the tests and changing the mt option as per the requirement

   foreach(  test_name cadr(tests)
      if(  axlGetEnabled(axlGetTest(sdb_highandle test_name)) then
          printf("test %s is enabled\n" test_name)
          testSession=axlGetToolSession(session_name test_name)
        
    println( "check MT options")        
    
          mt_opt=testSession~>simID~>data~>env~>data~>turboOpts~>data~>mtOption~>value
          if(eq(strcmp(mt_opt "Manual")  0) printf("  Manual MT will be disabled!!! \n"))
          if(eq(strcmp(mt_opt "Disable")    0) printf("Disabled MT \n"))
          if(eq(strcmp(mt_opt "Auto")     0) printf(" Auto MT will be disabled!!! \n"))
          if(eq(strcmp(distmethod "Local") 0) then printf(" Turning off the MT options for this test \n")
            testSession~>simID~>data~>env~>data~>turboOpts~>data~>mtOption~>value="Disable" )

    println( "check tool options")        

      tool_opt=testSession~>simID~>data~>env~>data~>turboOpts~>data~>uniMode~>value
       if(eq(strcmp(tool_opt "Spectre")  0) printf(" This is a Spectre run \n"))
       if(eq(strcmp(tool_opt "Turbo")  0) printf(" This is a Turbo run    \n"))
       if(eq(strcmp(tool_opt "APS")  0) printf(" This is an APS  run \n"))
       
    println( "check parasitic reduction option")        
 
       paraRed_opt=testSession~>simID~>data~>env~>data~>turboOpts~>data~>psrSwitch~>value
       if(eq(strcmp(paraRed_opt t )  0) printf(" parasitic reduction enabled \n"))
       if(eq(strcmp(paraRed_opt nil )  0) printf(" parasitic reduction disabled \n")

 The first issue is that paraRed_opt is either a nil or t  so strcmp wont work, is a simular command for t/nil ?

 Once I have the options gathered, I can use a series of if/thens but is there a more elegant way to handle this like with a truth table or increment command?

 Thanks