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\section case case - conditionally execute a block of commands
\subsection case-synopsis Synopsis
<tt>switch VALUE; [case [WILDCARD...]; [COMMANDS...];...] end</tt>
\subsection case-description Description
The \c switch statement is used to perform one of several blocks of
commands depending on whether a specified value equals one of several
wildcarded values. The \c case statement is used together with the \c
switch statement in order to determine which block should be
performed.
\subsection case-example Example
If the variable \$animal contains the name of an animal, the following
code would attempt to classify it:
<p>
<pre>
switch $animal
case cat
echo evil
case wolf dog human moose dolphin whale
echo mammal
case duck goose albatross
echo bird
case shark trout stingray
echo fish
end
</pre>
</p>
<p>
If the above code was run with \$animal set to \c whale, the output would be \c mammal.
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