<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!--*********************************************************************** * * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. * * Copyright 2000, 2010 Oracle and/or its affiliates. * * OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite * * This file is part of OpenOffice.org. * * OpenOffice.org is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 * only, as published by the Free Software Foundation. * * OpenOffice.org is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 for more details * (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code). * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License * version 3 along with OpenOffice.org. If not, see * <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html> * for a copy of the LGPLv3 License. * ************************************************************************--> <helpdocument version="1.0"> <meta> <topic id="textsbasicshared03090102xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Select...Case Statement [Runtime]</title> <filename>/text/sbasic/shared/03090102.xhp</filename> </topic> <history> <created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created> <lastedited date="2004-08-24T14:23:03">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited> </history> </meta> <body> <section id="selectcase"> <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3149416"><bookmark_value>Select...Case statement</bookmark_value> <bookmark_value>Case statement</bookmark_value> </bookmark> <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149416" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03090102.xhp" name="Select...Case Statement [Runtime]">Select...Case Statement [Runtime]</link></paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153896" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Defines one or more statement blocks depending on the value of an expression.</paragraph> </section> <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147265" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150400" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">Select Case condition Case expression Statement Block [Case expression2 Statement Block][Case Else] Statement Block End Select</paragraph> <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150767" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Parameters:</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156281" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6"> <emph>Condition:</emph> Any expression that controls if the statement block that follows the respective Case clause is executed.</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150448" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7"> <emph>Expression:</emph> Any expression that is compatible with the Condition type expression. The statement block that follows the Case clause is executed if <emph>Condition</emph> matches <emph>Expression</emph>.</paragraph> <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153768" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="8">Example:</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150441" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">Sub ExampleRandomSelect</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152462" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">Dim iVar As Integer</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149260" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">iVar = Int((15 * Rnd) -2)</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151113" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">Select Case iVar</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149481" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">Case 1 To 5</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152597" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">Print "Number from 1 to 5"</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147428" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">Case 6, 7, 8</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147349" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">Print "Number from 6 to 8"</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153729" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">Case 8 To 10</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152886" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18">Print "Greater than 8"</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155414" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="19">Case Else</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146975" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20">Print "Out of range 1 to 10"</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150419" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="21">End Select</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154943" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22">end sub</paragraph> </body> </helpdocument>