Select…Case Statement

Executes one of many blocks of statements, because of a test expression.

Syntax

Select [ Case ] test_expression [ Tol tolerance ]
    Case expression_list
        [ statements ]
    …
    [ Case Else
        [ else_statements ] ]
End [ Select ]

Parts

test_expression

Mandatory expression of an elementary data type.

tolerance

Optional floating-point constant specifies the tolerance for rounding errors when values are compared. See Tol Clause for more information.

expression_list

Mandatory after Case, one or more expressions for tests with test_expression with a comma between each. It can be one of the constructs that follow:

Range construct

expression_1 To expression_2

Comparison construct

Is comparison_op expression

Equality construct

expression

The range construct lets you compare a range of values. The value of expression_1 must be less than or equal to expression_2.

The comparison construct lets you use all the comparison operators: <, <=, >, >=, =, or <>.

The equality construct operates the same as Is =.

statements

Optional one or more statements after Case that execute if test_expression agrees with one of the expressions in expression_list.

else_statements

Optional one or more statements after Case Else that execute only if none of the expressions in the sets of expression_list agree with test_expression.

End

Completes the statement. You can also use End Select.

Instructions

If test_expression agrees with one of Case expression_list, then control moves to the block of statements that follow it and continues until the next Case, Case Else, or End Select. Control then moves to the statement after End Select. If more than one expression can agree, then only the first one that agrees gets executed.

The line Case Else introduces the block else_statements, which executes only when test_expression agrees with none of expression_list. Although not mandatory, it is thought a good practice to have one if unusual values of test_expression are possible. If none of the blocks that start with Case executed, then control moves to the statement after End Select.

Changes in syntax with `@Option`

There are three areas where you can change the syntax of the statement:

@Option Select With Case and @Option Select Without Case
@Option Select With Else
@Option End With Block and @Option End Without Block

See @Option Directive for more information.

Examples

' FizzBuzz
For n = 1 To 100
    Select Case n Mod 15
    Case 0
        PrintLine "fizzbuzz"
    Case 3, 6, 9, 12
        PrintLine "fizz"
    Case 5, 10
        PrintLine "buzz"
    Case Else
        PrintLine n
    End Select
End For