Case
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Jump to navigationJump to searchCase opens a case statement. The case statement compares the value of ordinal expression to each selector, which can be a constant, a subrange, or a list of them separated by commas. Selector field separated from action field by Colon.
The case statement includes reserved words Of and End . Sometimes Else, too.
<delphi>
case place of 1: ShowMessage('Gold medal'); 2: ShowMessage('Silver medal'); 3: ShowMessage('Bronze medal'); else ShowMessage('Better luck next time'); end;
</delphi>
Variant Record
Case-word is used Variant Record, too. Variant Record also called a tagged union.
<delphi>
type ScaleKelvin = 223 .. 323; ScaleCelsius = -50 .. 50; TemperatureScale = ( celcius, kelvin ) ; Temperature = record case scale : TemperatureScale of celcius : (celcius_value : ScaleCelsius); kelvin : (kelvin_value : ScaleKelvin); end;
</delphi>