Yes, I meant the latter, not the former. Sorry for the dyslexia.
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Subject: Re: Stop the ragging on COBOL please [was: RE: ASM call by value]
I may have misunderstood you, Shmuel, but I think you must have meant "REXX
has only the latter". The REXX select statement looks like this:
select
when boolexpr1 then stm
when boolexpr2 then stm
otherwise stm; end
VBA, on the other hand, has only the former:
Select Case MyVar
Case "T": stm
Case "X": stm
Case Else: stm
End Select
You can simulate the latter (more general) form in VBA easily enough:
Select Case True
Case boolexpr1: stm
Case MyVar = "X": stm
Case Else: stm
End Select
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-----Original Message-----
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of
Seymour J Metz
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2023 11:38
SELECT in PL/I has two forms: one provides a variable matched against the
various WHEN clauses and one in which each WHEN has a boolean (well, BIT(1))
expression. REXX has only the former, whichis equivalent to IF/ELSEIF/ELSE.
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