Select Case
The Select Case Action Step makes it possible to match the contents of a variable against certain predefined cases. For example, you can search the content of a text variable for specific information and specify different Action Steps to be executed depending on what is found. The “DoElse” component is always present. This is used to provide a default action for cases that have not been specified.
Properties
Misc
-
CaseValue Enter the comparison value for the selected case query. This is the value that will be compared with a variable or that will be searched for.
-
Text Affinity Value for the textual similarity in a fuzzy search, expressed as a percentage. A value of 0% denotes no similarity while a value of 100% means identical. The default value is 50%.
-
CompareValue String
-
Compare Value Int Integer
-
Compare Value Bool
-
Compare Value Float
Other properties that are the same in all Action Steps are described in section Common Properties. For reasons of clarity they are not shown here.
Wizard
-
Type One of the following variable types:
-
Integer Positive or negative integer
-
Alphanumeric Characters that are either letters or numeric digits, or both (text)
-
Boolean Boolean value (True/False)
-
Float Positive or negative floating-point number
-
If you have already defined cases and then change the type, a warning will be shown informing you that all the cases in Select Case will be lost. This is because cases in a Select Case are generated based on the previously selected data type and it is not possible to simply convert the type of existing cases without further consideration.
-
Cases You can create one or more cases depending on which data type you have selected above. After you have created a case, you can modify it.
Data Types and Comparison Options
| File type | Comparison options |
|---|---|
Integer (positive or negative whole number) |
≠ variable must not be a match < variable must be less than Value > variable must be greater than Value ≤ variable must be less than or equal to Value ≥ variable must be greater than or equal to Value |
Alphanumeric (text) |
Full match: Value found must match exactly Substring: Part of the text in Value must match Regex comparison: Search for matches for the regular expression entered as the Value. More information about Regular Expressions is provided in the section on Using Regular Expressions. Fuzzy: Search for text similar to that in Value Adjust the level of similarity, expressed as a percentage, using the slider under “Text Affinity”. The default value is 50%. A higher value means that fewer matches will be found. |
Boolean (True or False) |
For Boolean there is only one case because this is sufficient in combination with “DoElse” to cover the two possibilities of True and False. False: Value in evaluated variable must be False. True: Value in evaluate variable must be True. |
Float (positive or negative floating-point number) |
≠ variable must not be a match < variable must be less than Value > variable must be greater than Value ≤ variable must be less than or equal to Value ≥ variable must be greater than or equal to Value |