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Onetastic Macro Documentation > Statements > switch

switch Statement

Description

Evaluates an expression and compares it to the value in each of the subsequent case statements to execute a different set of statements based on which value it equals to.

Syntax

switch (expression) Statements...

Examples

switch ($x) case 0: // Handle when $x is 0 // Make sure to have a break at the end of a case // or it will fall through to the next case // See handling of cases 1-3 below as an example break case 1: case 2: case 3: // Handle when $x is 1, 2, or 3 break case 4: // Handle when $x is 4 break default: // Handle all other cases

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