Select ... Case statement

[armyman 0]

Hello all,

I'm trying to write a Select ... Case statement that compares string values.

The code is pretty simple I'm just havng problems comparing the string values.

Select
Case $xyz = ""
    ;xyz values is blank
    ;does something
Case $xyz = 'abc' OR 'xyz'
    ;xyz value is either abc or xyz
    ;does something Else
Case Else
    ;xyz value is anything else

Thanks in advance

[bwochinski 1]

The 2nd CASE statement needs to be written like below...

Select
Case $xyz = ""
    ;xyz value is empty
Case $xyz = 'abc' OR $xyz = 'xyz'
    ;xyz value is either abc or xyz
Case Else
    ;xyz value is anything else
EndSelect

Edited March 22, 2011 by bwochinski

[JohnOne 1,591]

Maybe a Switch might be better.

Switch $xyz
Case ""
    ;xyz value is empty
Case 'abc', 'xyz'
    ;xyz value is either abc or xyz
Case Else
    ;xyz value is anything else
EndSwitch

[Bowmore 93]

If you are comparing 1 value against several possible values, you could also use a switch statement.

Switch $xyz
  Case ""
    ;xyz value is empty
  Case 'abc' ,'xyz'
        ;xyz value is either abc or xyz
  Case Else
        ;xyz value is anything else
EndSwitch

Edit: John beat me to it

Edited March 22, 2011 by Bowmore

[armyman 0]

Thanks all,

I went ahead and used the switch statemnet.