CASE CH OF ' ',TAB : WRITELN( 'Found a space' ); '0'..'9': WRITELN( 'Found a digit' ); 'A'..'Z': WRITELN( 'Found a capital letter' ); OTHERWISE WRITELN( 'Illegal character' ); END; At run time, the system evaluates the case selector 'CH' and executes the corresponding statement. If the value of 'CH' is not equal to ' ', '0'..'9' or 'A'..'Z', the statement in the 'OTHERWISE' clause is executed.