Visual Basic Tutorial Lesson 8: Select Case....End select Control Structure

Lesson 8 : Select Case....End select Control Structure

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In the previous lesson, we have learned how to control the program flow using the If...Then...ElseIf control structure. In this chapter, you will learn another way to control the program flow, that is, the Select Case control structure. However, the Select Case control structure is slightly different from the If....ElseIf control structure .

The difference is that the Select Case control structure can handle conditions with multiple outcomes in an easier manner than the If...Then...ElseIf control structure. If...Then...ElseIf control structure basically used to handle a single condition having more than two outcomes. Though If...Then...ElseIf control structure may also be used compute conditions with multiple outcomes, we need to use more than two levels of nested If...Then...ElseIf statements, this can make it difficult to read the codes. Therefore, the Select Case control structure is preferred when there exist many different conditions.

The format of the Select Case control structure is show below:

Select Case expression

   Case value1
        Block of one or more VB statements
   Case value2
        Block of one or more VB Statements
   Case value3
            .
        .
   Case Else
        Block of one or more VB Statements

End Select

Example 8.1

Dim grade As String

Private Sub Compute_Click( )

grade=txtgrade.Text

Select Case grade

Case "A"
       result.Caption="High Distinction"

Case "A-"
      result.Caption="Distinction"

Case "B"
        result.Caption="Credit"

Case "C"
        result.Caption="Pass"

Case Else
        result.Caption="Fail"

End Select

End Sub

Example 8.2

Dim mark As Single

Private Sub Compute_Click()
'Examination Marks

mark = mrk.Text

Select Case mark

Case Is >= 85

     comment.Caption = "Excellence"

Case Is >= 70

    comment.Caption = "Good"

Case Is >= 60

   comment.Caption = "Above Average"

Case Is >= 50

comment.Caption = "Average"

Case Else

comment.Caption = "Need to work harder"

End Select

End Sub

Example 8.3

Example 8.2 can be rewritten as follows:

Dim mark As Single

Private Sub Compute_Click()

'Examination Marks

mark = mrk.Text

Select Case mark

Case 0 to 49

     comment.Caption = "Need to work harder"

Case 50 to 59

    comment.Caption = "Average"

Case 60 to 69

   comment.Caption = "Above Average"

Case 70 to 84

comment.Caption = "Good"

Case Else

comment.Caption = "Excellence"

End Select

End Sub

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