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From: polari!Tom Benedict@sumax.seattleu.edu (smelly@polari.UUCP)
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Subject: Case Statements in HyperTalk
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Date: 6 Jun 91 14:32:32 GMT
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Yer right, There ain't no case statements in HyperTalk. You can get close
by doing a modification of your example. It works the same, but looks a
little prettier. Instead of nesting a bunch of if..then..else statements
you can use the ..else if.. form.
  Example:
   on keyDown key
     if key = a then blah
     else if key = b then blah
     else if key = c then blah
   end keyDown
What this construct does is avoid all the ..end ifs ( you'll need a max of
1 'end if').
Hope this helps