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<h3 class="section">6.28 Case Ranges</h3>
<p><a name="index-case-ranges-3027"></a><a name="index-ranges-in-case-statements-3028"></a>
You can specify a range of consecutive values in a single <code>case</code> label,
like this:
<pre class="smallexample"> case <var>low</var> ... <var>high</var>:
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<p class="noindent">This has the same effect as the proper number of individual <code>case</code>
labels, one for each integer value from <var>low</var> to <var>high</var>, inclusive.
<p>This feature is especially useful for ranges of ASCII character codes:
<pre class="smallexample"> case 'A' ... 'Z':
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<p><strong>Be careful:</strong> Write spaces around the <code>...</code>, for otherwise
it may be parsed wrong when you use it with integer values. For example,
write this:
<pre class="smallexample"> case 1 ... 5:
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<p class="noindent">rather than this:
<pre class="smallexample"> case 1...5:
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