Simplified Common Lisp reference

Symbol class: Functions, Evaluation, Flow Control, Definitions and Syntax

Syntax:

Symbol type: macro

caseexpressionvariants^{(zero or more)} => an object

Argument description:

expression	a value used to distinguish between variants
variants	list of match-values and code variants

CASE macro is used for branching. Variants are tested sequentially for EQL equality with from the top. See also IF, CASE.

(case (+ 1 2)
      (5 "variant 1, five")
      ((2 3) "variant 2, two or three")
      (otherwise "variant 3, none of above")) => "variant 2, two or three"

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