versioned_docs/version-2.0/sql-manual/sql-functions/conditional-functions/case.md

---
{
    "title": "CASE",
    "language": "en"
}
---

## case
### description
#### Syntax

```
CASE expression
    WHEN condition1 THEN result1
    [WHEN condition2 THEN result2]
    ...
    [WHEN conditionN THEN resultN]
    [ELSE result]
END
```
OR
```
CASE WHEN condition1 THEN result1
    [WHEN condition2 THEN result2]
    ...
    [WHEN conditionN THEN resultN]
    [ELSE result]
END
```

Compare the expression with multiple possible values, and return the corresponding results when matching

### example

```
mysql> select user_id, case user_id when 1 then 'user_id = 1' when 2 then 'user_id = 2' else 'user_id not exist' end test_case from test;
+---------+-------------+
| user_id | test_case   |
+---------+-------------+
| 1       | user_id = 1 |
| 2       | user_id = 2 |
+---------+-------------+
 
mysql> select user_id, case when user_id = 1 then 'user_id = 1' when user_id = 2 then 'user_id = 2' else 'user_id not exist' end test_case from test;
+---------+-------------+
| user_id | test_case   |
+---------+-------------+
| 1       | user_id = 1 |
| 2       | user_id = 2 |
+---------+-------------+
```
### keywords
CASE