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Definition

Switch ( <value> )

[Case <value>:

<code>

End]

[Default:

<code>

End

End

A Switch is used to control the flow of a program by means of comparing a value to other values and executing the code associated with the correct value.

switch ( <value> )
    case <value1>:
        // code1
    end
    case <value2>:
        // code2
    end
    default:
        // code3
    end
end

When the switch is reached it will compare value with all the values in the cases. When one compares, that code is executed and the switch is exited. This is different than the switch in C and probably more languages, because there the switch is only exited when a break is reached or when the switch ends.

A value in a case can also be a range: <lowervalue>..<uppervalue>. Both the lowervalue and the uppervalue are part of the range.

Example

A scoretext function. Notice the default: when the points can be 0..100, that code should never be executed. However, an error can occur and blurting an error to the user is not that fancy, so this is a way of showing to the programmer there is an error, but still the user gets some message. In such cases, default can be handy. Of course that code could just as easily have been put under the switch with the same result.

Function String scoretext( int points )
Begin

    Switch( points )
        Case 100:
            return "1337 |-|4><0|2!!1";
        End
        Case 90..100:
            return "Awesomely cool, dude!";
        End
        Case 80..90:
            return "You're getting the hang of it!";
        End
        Case 60..80:
            return "Not to shabby, mate.";
        End
        Case 50..60:
            return "Practice some more.";
        End
        Case 30..50:
            return "Dude...weak.";
        End
        Case 1..30:
            return "That's just awful";
        End
        Case 0:
            return "No points? n00b!";
        End
        Default:
            return "I dunno what you did, but...";
        End
    End

End