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select

select keyword

Syntax

select variable
case value1 then
instructions 1
case value2 then
instructions 2
...
case valuen then
instructions n
[else instructions]
end

Arguments

variable

variable which value to be analyzed.

value1, ..., valuen

values of variable for which there are appropriate instruction blocks instructions 1, ..., instructions n.

instructions

block of valid instructions.

Description

Notes:

According to the Code Conventions for the Scilab Programming Language it is recommended:

For example, use:

A = 2
select A
case 1 then
    disp(1)
case 2 then
    disp(2)
else
    disp(3)
end

rather than

A = 2;select A case 1 then disp(1); case 2 then disp(2); else  disp(3); end

Warning: the number of characters used to define the body of any conditional instruction (if while for or select/case) must be limited to 16k.

Examples

while %t do
    n=round(10*rand(1,1))
    select n
        case 0 then
        disp(0)
    case 1 then
        disp(1)
    else
        break
    end
end

See also

History

VersionDescription
6.0.0 select is now protected: Assignments like select=1 are no longer possible.

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