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Can you use .Contains(string) with a Select Case Statement?


Is there anyway I can build a Select statement that uses the Contains function? Like this:

Select commentStr
    Case commentStr.Contains("10")
    Case commentStr.Contains("15")

Solution

  • Select Case True
        Case commentStr.Contains("10")
            'foo
        Case commentStr.Contains("15")
            'bar
    End Select
    

    Note that with this construct, a maximum of one Case will be executed.

    (Also note that your C# friends can't do this with switch, which requires constant expressions in the case clauses :))