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Branching Statements 599
The preceding SELECT-CASE is equivalent to the following IF-THEN-ELSEIF
statement:
Book VI
Chapter 5
IF variable = value1 THEN
Command
ELSEIF variable = value2 THEN
Command
ELSEIF variable = value3 THEN
Command
END IF
Visual Basic and
REALbasic
To check if a variable matches multiple values, you can separate multiple values
with commas or use the TO keyword to match a range of values, such as
SELECT CASE variable
CASE value1, value2, value3
Command
CASE value4 TO value10
Command
END SELECT
The preceding SELECT-CASE is equivalent to the following IF-THEN-ELSEIF
statement:
IF variable = value1 OR variable = value2 OR variable =
value3 THEN
Command
ELSEIF variable >= value4 AND variable = value1
Command
CASE IS < value2
Command
END SELECT
When the SELECT-CASE statement uses comparison operators, it uses the
IS keyword.
The preceding SELECT-CASE statement is equivalent to
IF variable >= value1 THEN
Command
ELSEIF variable < value2 THEN
Command
END IF