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select case payment

case "Cash"
msgbox "You are going to pay cash"
case "Visa"
msgbox "You are going to pay with visa"
case "AmEx"
msgbox "You are going to pay with American Express"
case Else
msgbox "Unknown method of payment"
end select

This is how it works: First we have a single expression (most often a

variable), that is evaluated once. The value of the expression is then
compared with the values for each Case in the structure. If there is a
match, the block of code associated with that Case is executed.

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