select

Arguments

variable

variable which value to be analyzed.

value1, ..., valuen

values of variable for which there are appropriate instruction blocks instructions 1, ..., instructions n.

valueC1, ..., valueCN

like value1, ..., valuen but an OR is applied on each variable == valueCx. It is useful to group cases with same instruction.

instructions

block of valid instructions.

Examples

function select_example(n)
    select n
    case 0 then
        disp(0)
    case 1 then
        disp(1)
    case {2 3}
        disp({2 3})
    else
        disp("default")
    end
endfunction

select_example(0); // 0
select_example(1); // 1
select_example(2); // {2 3}
select_example(3); // {2 3}
select_example(4); // "default"

See also

• if — keyword for conditional execution
• while — Opens a block of instructions iterated on a heading condition
• for — keyword entering a non-conditional loop

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