Note to self... VBScript / ASP doesn't call a switch statement a switch statement

June 04, 2004 | 1:56pm CDT

I just spent like twenty minutes searching Google for the syntax for a VBScript switch statement only to find out that VBScript calls it a select statement.

Why on earth does VBScript call it a select statement when every other language calls it a switch statement? I guess that's Microsoft for you! :)

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1. At 2:09pm CST on November 30, 2004, Peter wrote:: Thanks for the note! I was doing the same google hunt when I found your post. Guess I saved myself about 10 minutes. ;)
2. At 7:10pm CST on December 19, 2004, Danny wrote:: I just found your post via google when I was looking for information on switch statements in VBScript.

Cheers!
3. At 7:02pm CST on December 27, 2004, Evan Chaney wrote:: Same. Thanks!
4. At 10:02am CST on January 04, 2005, JT wrote:: I think the actual nomenclature is “case” statement

But I’m stupid as you lot and got to this page googling for “vbscript switch” too ;)

Switching (pun intended) my brain between javascript and vbscript isn’t easy
5. At 2:03pm CST on March 07, 2007, Franz wrote:: Thanks for the info
6. At 12:43pm CST on January 27, 2008, crazy wrote:: same here … i googled “asp vbscript switch” lol :)
VBscript is a *$ù$°+# a language …
7. At 10:53am CDT on June 11, 2008, Peter wrote:: Same here
8. At 5:30am CDT on June 28, 2008, saurav wrote:: I did the same, you saved my 15 minutes

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