Monarch 9460 SWITCH

5-78 Command Reference

SWITCH

Purpose Directs script flow by branching to a set of commands based on the value of a

variable.

Syntax SWITCH

buffer-field1

CASE

buffer-field

.

.

.

CASE

buffer-field

.

.

.

DEFAULT

.

.

.

ENDSWITCH

Process The SWITCH command directs script flow by branching to a set of commands

based on the value of a variable. The command compares

buffer-field1

to the

buffer-field

listed with each case command. If the fields are equal, the script

executes the commands following the CASE command. Execution stops when the

script reaches the next CASE, DEFAULT, or ENDSWITCH.

If no

buffer-field

fields match

buffer-field1

, the script executes the set of commands

after DEFAULT.

NOTE: There is no BREAK command to terminate CASE blocks, so this command does not

support CASE fall-through. Also, Do Not use SWITCH inside a macro.

The

buffer-field

fields can be one of the following:

Buffer-field

Description

INPUT Input Buffer

Logical Field Name

(TEMP1)

Temporary Buffer

Field

Logical Field Name (LU1) Lookup Buffer Field

Logical Field Name (PR1) Printer Buffer Field

Number

String

Number prefixed by a

number sign (#)

ASCII string delimited

by double quotes.

Must be one

character long

Contents

Main Page TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Page Page OVERVIEW How to Use this Manual A Review of Terms Page USING THE SOFTWARE System Requirements Quick Reference Operators Handbook Installing the Software Getting Started Page Saving a File About Projects 1. 2. 3. Building Projects Changing the Download Settings If you select COM1 - COM4: 4. If you select LPT1 LPT2: 5. Downloading a Project Editing Existing Projects Page PRINTER PROCEDURES Displaying the Ready Prompt No Application Loaded Application 1. Loading Applications Restarting Existing Applications Loading New Applications PROGRAM STRUCTURE Functions Starting a Script Files and Buffers Lookup Table Definition Temporary Storage Definition Printer Definition Scope of Field Names Script Flow Control Comments in a Script Data Storage Data Coding COMMAND REFERENCE Programming Conventions Field Names Keywords Page Special Characters Script Flow When a label is NOT defined... When a label is defined... Functional Relationships Math Commands Script Control Commands Compiler Directives Data Manipulation Commands File Management Commands Input/Output Commands ADD APPVERSION ARGREAD ASC AUTOSTART AVAILABLEDATA BITCLEAR BITMASK BITSET BITSHIFT BITTEST BSEARCH CALL param1, param2, ,paramX Example 1 Param param Page CHARTYPE CHECK Page CHR CLEAR item Example 2 Example 1 Item CLOSECOMM COMPARE CONCAT CSTRIP DATATYPE DEC DEFINE Field-type data-typ field-type Data-type Page DELAY DISABLE DIVIDE ENABLE EXIT FETCH FIELDLEN FIXDATA Buffer-field1 Example Buffer Field1 GENERATE GET HOTKEY IF buffer-field2 Buffer-fields buffer-fields Page INC INCLUDE INSERT JUMP label Example LABELCOUNT LEFT LINKFILE file-name Example 1 format-name\file-name LOCATE LOWER LSTRIP MACRO Page MID MOVE Page MULTIPLY OPENCOMM PAD PARSE , valid label Example valid labels Invalid PRINT QUERY Page READ RESTORESCREEN RETURN RIGHT RSTRIP SAVESCREEN SEEK SUB SWITCH Page SYSSET parameter2 function, parameter1, and parameter2 parameter2 parameter1 Function/Description Parameter1 Parameter2 Example TOKEN TSTRIP UPPER VALIDATE , valid label Example valid labels Invalid WHILE buffer-field1 comparison buffer-field2 Comparison Buffer-field Page Page SAMPLE SCRIPT A Page Page Page INDEX A B C D F G H I J Q R S T