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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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<h1 id="hd_id3149416" xml-lang="en-US"><variable id="Select_h1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03090102.xhp" name="Select...Case Statement">Select...Case Statement</link></variable></h1>
<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" name="If...Then...Else statement">If</link> statement</paragraph>
  <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id281588865818334"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03090103.xhp" name="Iif function">Iif</link> or <link href="text/sbasic/shared/03090410.xhp" name="Switch function">Switch</link> functions</paragraph>
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