Programming Microsoft Dynamics NAV - Fifth Edition

CASE-ELSE statement

The CASE-ELSE statement is a conditional expression, which is very similar to IF-THEN-ELSE, except that it allows more than two choices of outcomes for the evaluation of the controlling expression. The syntax of the CASE-ELSE statement is as follows:

CASE <ExpressionToBeEvaluated> OF   <Value Set 1> : <Action Statement 1>;   <Value Set 2> : <Action Statement 2>;   <Value Set 3> : <Action Statement 3>;   ...   ...   <Value Set n> : <Action Statement n>;  [ELSE <Action Statement n + 1>; END;

The ExpressionToBeEvaluated must not be a record. The data type of the Value Set must be able to be automatically converted to the data type of the ExpressionToBeEvaluated. Each ValueSet must be an expression, a set of values, or a range ...