Thread: switch case Q

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    switch case Q

    For the life of me, I can't figure out an easy way to work a range of values into a single case.


    in visual basic it works something like this:
    Code:
    select case variable
    case 1 to 10
    'do a thing
    case 11 to 20
    'do something else
    case 21 to 30
    'do a third thing
    end select

    I've tried a few ways of doing this, but, as my compiler accepts none, I have to assume that they are wrong.

    Can somebody help please?

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    Use an if-else tree.
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    I was considering it, but I didnt want to do anything if it were possible to use switch.

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    This is the closest thing in switch-case:
    Code:
    switch(Var)
    {
      case '0':
      case '1':
      case '2':
      {
        break;
      }
    
      case '3':
      case '4':
      case '5':
      {
        break;
      }
    }
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    Thank you, but seeing as the split is from 1 to 100 in varying intervals, I think I'll use ifelse.

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