Select Case

Last Modified: 1/17/2021

Executes code based on the value of the Variable used in the opening statement.

Arguments

Name	Type	Required	Description
Variable	Integer / Long	Yes	The Variable to check the value of.

Example

Syntax:   Select Case <Variable>, <Quantity>     Case 0       [Code]       Exit Case     Case Else       [Code]       Exit Case   End Select

a = 2     Select Case a         Case 0             Print "A is < 3"             Exit Case              Case 3             Print "A = 3"             Exit Case              Case Else             Print "A > 3"             Exit Case     End Select

Remarks

The way Select Case works in SecondBASIC is that it creates a jump table to quickly jump to and execute code.

Case values must be numerical, and must be in order. If you omit values in between 2 Case statements, and the value of Variable falls in between those numbers, the code to execute will default to the lower Case block.

Skipping Case numbers will still insert those numbers into the jump table. If you have a large difference, you could be artificially bloating the compiled code. Consider using values that are close to each other.