Switch, Case and wild-cards?

[Richmond]

On 12/28/2012 12:33 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote:
> On 12/27/12 4:26 PM, Richmond wrote:
>>
>>     switch the text of fld "TEKST"
>>        case 1
>>          --do something--
>>        break
>>        case 2
>>          --do something else--
>>        break
>>        case "any other value in fld "TEKST" '
>>          --run around babbling about purple bananas--
>>        break
>>     end switch
>>
>> has anyone any idea how to effect this sort of situation WITHOUT using a
>> bunch of nested IF . . .  THEN statements instead???
>
> That's what the "default" statement is for:
>
>    switch the text of fld "TEKST"
>       case 1
>         --do something--
>       break
>       case 2
>         --do something else--
>       break
>       default -- everything else
>         --run around babbling about purple bananas--
>       break
>    end switch
>
> However, I don't know if it always works with purple bananas.
>

Thank you Kee Nethery and Jacque both:

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