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The statement block that follows the Case clause is executed if <emph>Condition</emph> matches <emph>Expression</emph>.</paragraph> 57<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153768" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="8">Example:</paragraph> 58<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150441" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">Sub ExampleRandomSelect</paragraph> 59<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152462" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">Dim iVar As Integer</paragraph> 60<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149260" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">iVar = Int((15 * Rnd) -2)</paragraph> 61<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151113" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">Select Case iVar</paragraph> 62<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149481" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">Case 1 To 5</paragraph> 63<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152597" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">Print "Number from 1 to 5"</paragraph> 64<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147428" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">Case 6, 7, 8</paragraph> 65<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147349" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">Print "Number from 6 to 8"</paragraph> 66<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153729" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">Case 8 To 10</paragraph> 67<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152886" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18">Print "Greater than 8"</paragraph> 68<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155414" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="19">Case Else</paragraph> 69<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146975" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20">Print "Out of range 1 to 10"</paragraph> 70<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150419" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="21">End Select</paragraph> 71<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154943" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22">end sub</paragraph> 72</body> 73</helpdocument> 74