case

Description

Keyword used in statement select ... case ... end

Keyword case points out one variant of a variable value (it is the variable value which is selected from a range of values).

Use it in the following way:

select expr0
    case expr1 then
        instructions 1
    case expr2 then
        instructions 2
      ...  
    case exprn then
        instructions n
    [else instructions]
end

Examples

OS=getos() select OS case "Windows" then disp("Scilab on Windows") case "Linux" then disp("Scilab on Linux") case "Darwin" then disp("Scilab on MacOs") else error("Scilab on Unknown platform") end

See Also

• select — select keyword
• while — while keyword
• end — end keyword
• for — language keyword for loops