i used to do this in vb and haven't been able to in c# - any workaround?

Show us a code sample in VB what you want to do.

As a guess, you're not talking about the switch keyword, are you?

"TS" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>i used to do this in vb and haven't been able to in c# - any workaround?
>

switch(myvariable)
{
case "blah":
return;
default:
return false;
}

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"TS" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>i used to do this in vb and haven't been able to in c# - any workaround?
>

TS wrote:

>i used to do this in vb and haven't been able to in c# - any workaround?
>
>
switch (true)
{
case 1:
break;
default:
break;

}

In VB, you are able to do this since the case statements can include a wide
range of expressions. In C#, the case expressions must be constant, so the
usefulness of this technique is greatly reduced.
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"TS" wrote:

> i used to do this in vb and haven't been able to in c# - any workaround?
>
>
>

thanks, yes i am looking for a
switch(true)
{
case var1 = 5 : ...
case var9 = 21: ...

i guess you can't do it as i thought

"David Anton" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> In VB, you are able to do this since the case statements can include a
> wide
> range of expressions. In C#, the case expressions must be constant, so
> the
> usefulness of this technique is greatly reduced.
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> David Anton
> www.tangiblesoftwaresolutions.com
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>
>
> "TS" wrote:
>
>> i used to do this in vb and haven't been able to in c# - any workaround?
>>
>>
>>

No, you can't do this in C#. Other languages have this kind of switch
construct:

switch (value)
{
case expression:
case expression:
...
default:
}

C# (as well as C, C++, and Java) has this kind of switch construct:

switch (expression)
{
case constant:
case constant:
case constant:
...
default:
}

So, no. You have to use if... else if... else if... else.

"TS" <(E-Mail Removed)> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> thanks, yes i am looking for a
> switch(true)
> {
> case var1 = 5 : ...
> case var9 = 21: ...
>
> i guess you can't do it as i thought
>
<snip>
you can:
the c# equivalent is:

if (var1 == 5)
{
.....
}
else if (var9 == 21)
{
......
}
........

thank you all, thats what i thought!


"Christof Nordiek" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "TS" <(E-Mail Removed)> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> thanks, yes i am looking for a
>> switch(true)
>> {
>> case var1 = 5 : ...
>> case var9 = 21: ...
>>
>> i guess you can't do it as i thought
>>
> <snip>
> you can:
> the c# equivalent is:
>
> if (var1 == 5)
> {
> .....
> }
> else if (var9 == 21)
> {
> ......
> }
> .......
>
>