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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Select...Case Statement</title>
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<bookmark_value>Select Case statement</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>Case keyword; in Select Case statement</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph id="par_id3153896" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Defines one or more statement blocks depending on the value of an expression.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="bascode" id="bas_id251592381900645">Select Case expression</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="bas_id321592381903509"> Case values</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="bas_id231592381903973"> Statement Block</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="bas_id361592381904372">[ Case values2</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="bas_id421592382002520"> Statement Block]</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="bas_id161592382004496">[ Case Else</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="bas_id681592382005351"> Statement Block]</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="bas_id831592381905293">End Select</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3156281" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"> <emph>expression:</emph> Any expression that controls if the statement block that follows the respective <literal>Case</literal> clause is executed.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3150448" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"> <emph>values:</emph> Any value list that is compatible with the expression. The statement block that follows the <literal>Case</literal> clause is executed if <emph>expression</emph> matches <emph>values</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_idm1341173760" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Sub ExampleRandomSelect</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341172528" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Dim iVar As Integer</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341171296" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> iVar = Int((15 * Rnd) -2)</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341170048" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> Select Case iVar</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341168816" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> Case 1 To 5</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3152597" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> Print "Number from 1 to 5"</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341165856" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> Case 6, 7, 8</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3147349" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> Print "Number from 6 to 8"</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341162896" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> Case 8 To 10</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3152886" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> Print "Greater than 8"</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340795200" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> Case Else</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3146975" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> Print "Out of range 1 to 10"</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340792224" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> End Select</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340790992" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">End Sub</paragraph>
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<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/03090410.xhp#Switch_h1"/>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id161588865796615"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03090101.xhp">If</link> statement</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id281588865818334"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03090103.xhp">Iif</link> or <link href="text/sbasic/shared/03090410.xhp">Switch</link> functions</paragraph>
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