# syntax switch

**URL:** <https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/syntax-switch/529>\
**Category:** rubyonrails-talk\
**Created:** [August 26, 2006, 1:51pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/syntax-switch/529 "2006-08-26T13:51:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![John\_Browning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9bcb4/32.png) [@John\_Browning](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/John_Browning)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2006, 1:51pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/syntax-switch/529/1 "2006-08-26T13:51:42Z")

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try

case x

when 1:

when 2:

else

end

it, er, is in the manual…

allbests,

…

John Browning