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CASE

 Conditionally executes one block of constructs or statements
 depending on the value of a scalar expression in a SELECT CASE
 statement.  Statement format:

   [name :] SELECT CASE (expr)
   [CASE (case-value [,case-value]...) [name]
     block]...
   [CASE DEFAULT [name]
     block]
   END SELECT [name]

   name   Is the name of the CASE construct.

   expr   Is an expression of type integer, logical, or 
          character (enclosed in parentheses). Evaluation
          of this expression results in a value called 
          the case index.

   case-value  Is one or more compile-time constant expressions 
               of type integer, logical, or character (enclosed 
               in parentheses).  Each "case-value" must be of the 
               same data type as "expr". If the type is character, 
               "case-value" and "expr" can be of different lengths.

               Integer and character expressions can be expressed 
               as a range of case values, taking one of the following 
               forms:

               low:high
               low:
               :high

               Case values must not overlap.

   block  Is a sequence of zero or more statements or 
          constructs.

 If a construct name is specified in a SELECT CASE statement, the
 same name must appear in the corresponding END SELECT statement.
 The same construct name can optionally appear in any CASE statement
 in the construct.

 The case expression ("expr") is evaluated first.  The resulting
 case index is compared to the case values to find a matching value
 (there can only be one).  When a match occurs, the block following
 the matching case value is executed and the construct terminates.

 The following rules determine whether a match occurs:

  o  When the case value is a single value (no colon appears), a
     match occurs as follows:

       Data Type              A Match Occurs If:
       ---------              ---------------------------
       Logical                case-index .EQV. case-value
       Integer or character   case-index ==  case-value

  o  When the case value is a range of values (a colon appears), a
     match depends on the range specified, as follows:

       Range       A Match Occurs If:
       -----       -------------------------
       low:        case-index >= low
       :high       case-index <= high
       low:high    low <= case-index <= high


 The following are all valid case values:

    CASE (1, 4, 7, 11:14, 22)      ! Individual values as specified:
                                   !     1, 4, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 22
    CASE (:-1)                     ! All values less than zero
    CASE (0)                       ! Only zero
    CASE (1:)                      ! All values above zero

 If no match occurs but a CASE DEFAULT statement is present, the
 block following that statement is executed and the construct
 terminates.

 If no match occurs and no CASE DEFAULT statement is present, no
 block is executed, the construct terminates, and control passes to
 the next executable statement or construct following the END SELECT
 statement.

 The following are examples of CASE constructs:

   INTEGER FUNCTION STATUS_CODE (I)
     INTEGER I
     CHECK_STATUS: SELECT CASE (I)
     CASE (:-1)
       STATUS_CODE = -1
     CASE (0)
       STATUS_CODE = 0
     CASE (1:)
       STATUS_CODE = 1
     END SELECT CHECK_STATUS
   END FUNCTION STATUS_CODE

   SELECT CASE (J)
   CASE (1, 3:7, 9)    ! Values: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9
     CALL SUB_A
   CASE DEFAULT
     CALL SUB_B
   END SELECT

 The following three examples are equivalent:

   1. SELECT CASE (ITEST .EQ. 1)
      CASE (.TRUE.)
        CALL SUB1 ()
      CASE (.FALSE.)
        CALL SUB2 ()
      END SELECT

   2. SELECT CASE (ITEST)
      CASE DEFAULT
        CALL SUB2 ()
      CASE (1)
        CALL SUB1 ()
      END SELECT

   3. IF (ITEST .EQ. 1) THEN
        CALL SUB1 ()
      ELSE
        CALL SUB2 ()
      END IF