Select

Select

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Select expression
Case value1, value2
statements
Default
statements
End Select

Description

Compares one expression with the values of each Case, from the top, and runs the statements of the first case that matches. The statements of other cases are skipped, with no fall through. The optional Default must be last and runs when no case matched. The block ends with End Select or EndSelect. The expression can be a string, in which case the case values are strings too.

Examples

Function Name$(n)
	Select n
		Case 1 : Return "one"
		Case 2, 3 : Return "two or three"
		Default : Return "other"
	End Select
End Function

Print Name$(1)
Print Name$(3)
Print Name$(9)

one
two or three
other

Related Commands

EndSelect, If, Then

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