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<topic id="textsbasicshared03090410xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Switch Function [Runtime]</title>
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<filename>/text/sbasic/shared/03090410.xhp</filename>
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<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
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<lastedited date="2004-08-24T14:34:49">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited>
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<section id="switch">
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3148554"><bookmark_value>Switch function</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148554" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03090410.xhp" name="Switch Function [Runtime]">Switch Function [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148522" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Evaluates a list of arguments, consisting of an expression followed by a value. The Switch function returns a value that is associated with the expression that is passed by this function.</paragraph>
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</section>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154863" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155934" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">Switch (Expression1, Value1[, Expression2, Value2[..., Expression_n, Value_n]])</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149119" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Parameters:</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153894" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">The <emph>Switch</emph> function evaluates the expressions from left to right, and then returns the value that is assigned to the function expression. If expression and value are not given as a pair, a runtime error occurs.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153990" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7">
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<emph>Expression:</emph> The expression that you want to evaluate.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153394" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">
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<emph>Value:</emph> The value that you want to return if the expression is True.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153346" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">In the following example, the <emph>Switch</emph> function assigns the appropriate gender to the name that is passed to the function:</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3159157" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="10">Example:</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147573" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">Sub ExampleSwitch</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3143270" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">Dim sGender As String</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149579" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">sGender = GetGenderIndex( "John" )</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153626" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">MsgBox sGender</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147560" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">End Sub</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154758" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">Function GetGenderIndex (sName As String) As String</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153361" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18">GetGenderIndex = Switch(sName = "Jane", "female", sName = "John", "male")</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154939" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="19">End Function</paragraph>
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