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Group: Flow Control
See also: switch case break endsw

Function: default
Description: When the program's counter comes inside a switch construct to the keyword default, the following commands are processed in any case. A default statement can be finished by the keyword break, but does not have to.

Usage: switch case (cond) break default endsw

Note:

Example:
proc(y) = sign(x)
  switch
    case(x<0)  y = -1  break
    case(x>0)  y =  1  break
    default     y =  0  break   ; this break has no effect
  endsw
endp
sign(-eh)

Result:
Contents of y

[1,]       -1



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