Select Case....End Select

The select case structure has a similar function to an if then statement in that it is a decision statement.

In the following example, the value of "value" will control which if the Case statements will be executed. In this example, as value = 3, it will be the third case statement that will be executed.

<%
value = 3

Select Case value
   
	Case 1
		Response.write ("Value 1")
	Case 2
		Response.write ("Value 2")
	Case 3
		Response.write ("Value 3")
	Case 4
		Response.write ("Value 4")
	Case 5
		Response.write ("Value 5")
	Case Else
		Response write ("Value is higher than 5")
       
End Select
%>

Note also the "Case Else" which is executed for situations where none of the other statements are executed.

The following example illustrates where you can use a case statement to be executed for two situations. Case "Peter", "Paul" means that it will be executed for Peter or Paul.

<% 
name=request.form("name") 

Select Case name 
   Case "Peter", "Paul" 
       Response.write ("Hello, Peter or Paul") 
   Case "John" 
       Response.write ("Hello, John") 
   Case "Joe" 
       Response.write ("Hi, Joe") 
   Case Else 
       Response write ("I do not know you") 
End Select 
%>