RE: VBScript If/ElseIf Processing

Hi Doug,

I believe it will look at all the ELSEIFs until it hits a valid
one.  

Probably a better way to do this (not sure if it's more efficient,
but it's definitely cleaner) is to use the SELECT CASE statement.
 Documentation and example at 
http://msdn.microsoft.com/scripting/default.htm?/scripting/vbscript/doc/vsstmSelectCase.htm

>--- Original Message ---
>From: "Bastyr University WebMaster" <WebMaster(at)bastyr.edu>
>To: <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
>Date: 3/13/01 1:45:58 PM
>

>Hello all,
>
>Say I have a vbscript that goes something like:
>
>If i = 1 Then 
>    Misc code set 1
>Elseif i = 2 Then
>    Misc code set 2
>Elseif i = 3 Then 
>    Misc code set 3
>End If
>
>where Misc code set # is various other vbscript code.  Now let's
say i = 
>2.
>
>My question is, will the server go through and look at the 'Misc
code set' 
>code for each item?  It seems that on occasion I've seen that
if there is 
>a problem with say Misc code set 1, I'll get an error even though
that 
>if/then was not true.  If it does go through and look at every
single line 
>of code (used or not), this seems rather inefficient.  Is there
some way 
>of making this kind of coding more efficient so it steps through
these 
>quicker and/or ignores unused code?
>
>It may not work this way at all, but thought I'd ask to see
if anyone else 
>could shed some light. 
>
>Thanks,
>
>Doug Dossett
>Webmaster
>Bastyr University
>http://www.bastyr.edu
>
>
>

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