From: Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
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Subject: Re: char to string
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Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 18:56:25 GMT
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On Mon, 12 Jun 2000 16:06:54 GMT, "Fredrik Persson"
<irnman AT rocketmail DOT com> wrote:

>ok ok i was a little hasty but it isnt so hard..
>
>switch accepts ints and chars so what u have to do if u dont wanna use:
>
>if
>
>else if
> and so on..

You use a language such as Basic that can handle it:

select case cmd$
  case "dir", "ls"
    files
  case "del", "rm"
    kill arg$(1)
end select

Otherwise, you use else-if.

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