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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Select...Case Statement [Runtime]</title>
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<bookmark_value>Case statement</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149416" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U"><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">Defines one or more statement blocks depending on the value of an expression.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147265" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Syntax:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150400" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">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">Parameters:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156281" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><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"><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">Example:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150441" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Sub ExampleRandomSelect</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152462" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Dim iVar As Integer</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149260" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">iVar = Int((15 * Rnd) -2)</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151113" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Select Case iVar</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149481" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Case 1 To 5</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152597" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Print "Number from 1 to 5"</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147428" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Case 6, 7, 8</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147349" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Print "Number from 6 to 8"</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153729" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Case 8 To 10</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152886" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Print "Greater than 8"</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155414" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Case Else</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146975" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Print "Out of range 1 to 10"</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150419" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">End Select</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154943" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">end sub</paragraph>
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