Re: Using Wildcards in a Select Case Statement ?

From: Randy Birch (rgb_removethis_at_mvps.org)
Date: 07/15/04 

Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 14:54:02 -0400

But if you used:

Do while 1 = 1

  For L9 = 1 To Max
      If Something Then
         If SomeCheck Then
            If AnotherTest Then
               DoSomething
               Exit Do
            End If
         End If
     End If

loop

... you could, as above, use Exit Do. 

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Randy Birch
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"J French" <erewhon@nowhere.com> wrote in message 
news:40f53b4f.18647043@news.btclick.com...
: On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 11:38:42 -0700, Bob O`Bob
: <filterbob@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
:
: <snip>
:
: >
: >
: >Outside of error trapping, I have never *and I mean NEVER* needed a GoTo 
in VB.
: >I'm not strongly opposed to them, I just haven't been shown a case where 
I can't
: >find a more 'structured' alternative.
: >
: >I'm even almost fond of  "Do ... Loop While False" blocks, which I use 
just so that
: >I can put "Exit Do" inside.  And other such structures.  I can recall 
needing to
: >nest some of those, and have at least once used "For i = 1 to 1 ... Next" 
so that
: >the "Exit For" could be distinct from the "Exit Do"
:
: Oddly I avoid On Error Goto
: - and prefer On Error Resume Next
:
: I have found a fair number of cases where a GoTo simplifies the code
: - normally I try to avoid it, but sometimes the alternative constructs
: that one produces are so convoluted that I have to revert to the
: original structure
:
: Normally it happens in large For Next Loops when processing records
:
: For L9 = 1 To Max
:       If Something Then
:          If SomeCheck Then
:             If AnotherTest Then
:                DoSomething
:                Goto DONE
:             End If
:          End If
:      End If
:
:      ......
: DONE:
: Next
:
: Essentially a substitute for 'Break' in Pascal, and I suspect there is
: something similar in 'C'
:
: Personally I dislike seeing GoTo's
: - but if they simplify the code I'll use them
:

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