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[,Selection_n]])</paragraph> +<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154346" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Parameters:</paragraph> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148664" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6"> +<emph>Index:</emph> A numeric expression that specifies the value to return.</paragraph> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150791" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7"> +<emph>Selection1:</emph> Any expression that contains one of the possible choices.</paragraph> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151043" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">The <emph>Choose</emph> function returns a value from the list of expressions based on the index value. If Index = 1, the function returns the first expression in the list, if index i= 2, it returns the second expression, and so on.</paragraph> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153192" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">If the index value is less than 1 or greater than the number of expressions listed, the function returns a Null value.</paragraph> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156281" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">The following example uses the <emph>Choose</emph> function to select a string from several strings that form a menu:</paragraph> +<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#errorcode"/> +<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err5"/> +<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150439" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="11">Example:</paragraph> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153091" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">Sub ExampleChoose</paragraph> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152597" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">Dim sReturn As String</paragraph> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155855" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">sReturn = ChooseMenu(2)</paragraph> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148575" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">Print sReturn</paragraph> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154012" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">end sub</paragraph> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146921" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="19">Function ChooseMenu(Index As Integer)</paragraph> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156443" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20">ChooseMenu = Choose(Index, "Quick Format", "Save Format", "System Format")</paragraph> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148645" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="21">End Function</paragraph> +</body> +</helpdocument> |