# case

keyword used in statement "select"

## Description

Keyword used in statement `select ... case ... end`

Keyword `case` points out one variant of a variable value (it is the variable value which is selected from a range of values).

Use it in the following way:

    select expr0
        case expr1 then
            instructions 1
        case expr2 then
            instructions 2
    	  ...
        case exprn then
            instructions n
        [else instructions]
    end

## Examples

    OS=getos()
    select OS
    case "Windows" then
      disp("Scilab on Windows")
    case "Linux" then
      disp("Scilab on Linux")
    case "Darwin" then
      disp("Scilab on MacOs")
    else
      error("Scilab on Unknown platform")
    end

## See Also

- select
- while
- end
- for