Case

Command group	Flag affected	Reversible	Execute on client	Platform(s)
Constructs	NO	NO	YES	All

Syntax

Description

The Case statement is part of a Switch construct that chooses one of an alternative set of options. The options in a Switch construct are defined by the subsequent Case commands. The Case command takes either a constant, field name, single calculation, or a comma-separated series of calculations. You must enclose string literals in quotes. Date values must match the date format in #FDT.

Example

# Show the direction lPosition equals. eg. if lPosition equals 3 show 'South' in the ok message

Switch
 
lPosition

  
Case
 
1

    
Calculate
 
lDirection
 as 
'North'

  
Case
 
2

    
Calculate
 
lDirection
 as 
'East'

  
Case
 
3

    
Calculate
 
lDirection
 as 
'South'

  
Case
 
4

    
Calculate
 
lDirection
 as 
'West'

End Switch
OK message
 
{
Position [
lCount
] = [
lDirection
]
}

 
# Multiple conditions can be used in a comma-separated list to one Case statement.

# Default is used to specify commands that should run if the value is not one of

# those specified in the Case statements

Switch
 
lDirection

  
Case
 
'North'
,
'South'

    
OK message
 
{
The direction is North or South
}

  
Case
 
'East'
,
'West'

    
OK message
 
{
The direction is East or West
}

  
Default
    
OK message
 
{
The direction is Unknown
}
 
## ;  lDirection is none of the above

End Switch