Switch, Case and wild-cards?

[Peter Haworth]

Hi Richmond,
Do you mean the "default" clause of the switch statement?
Pete
lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com>


On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 2:26 PM, Richmond <richmondmathewson at gmail.com>wrote:

> So there I am up to my thighs in a switch statement with a good 500 odd
> cases . . .
>
> . . . and, like treacle, I find myself getting bogged down . . .
>
> e.g:
>
>    switch the text of fld "TEKST"
>       case 1
>         --do something--
>       break
>       case 2
>         --do something else--
>       break
>    end switch
>
> is all very charming and straightforward.
>
> But, suppose I would like to include a CASE for ALL excluded cases (hope
> you are following me here):
>
> e.g:
>
>    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???
>
> Richmond.
>
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