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<p id="par_id3149234" class="paragraph" dir="auto">Returns a selected value from a list of arguments.</p>
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Choose (Index As Integer, Expression1[, Expression2, ... [, Expression_n]]) As Variant
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<p id="par_id131649410695924" class="paragraph" dir="auto">Variant. A value inferred from the <span class="literal">Index</span> parameter.</p>
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<p id="par_id3148664" class="paragraph" dir="auto"> <span class="emph">Index</span>: Any numeric expression rounded to a whole number. <span class="literal">Index</span> accepts integer values starting at 1 that specify which of the possible choices to return.</p>
<p id="par_id3150791" class="paragraph" dir="auto"> <span class="emph">Expression1, Expression2, …, Expression_n</span>: Expressions representing each of the possible choices.</p>
<p id="par_id3151043" class="paragraph" dir="auto">The <span class="emph">Choose</span> function returns a value from the list of expressions based on the index value. If <span class="emph">Index = 1</span>, the function returns the first expression in the list, if <span class="emph">Index = 2</span>, it returns the second expression, and so on.</p>
<p id="par_id3153192" class="paragraph" dir="auto">If the index value is less than 1 or greater than the number of expressions listed, the function returns a <span class="literal">Null</span> value.</p>
<p id="par_id911649410528836" class="paragraph" dir="auto">Error #5 occurs when parameters are omitted. Error #13 occurs if <span class="literal">Index</span> equals <span class="literal">Null</span>.
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<p id="par_id3156281" class="paragraph" dir="auto">The following example uses the or <span class="literal">Choose</span> function to select a string from several strings that form a menu:</p>
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Sub ExampleChoose
Print ChooseMenu(2) ' "Save Format"
MsgBox Choose(index := -5, 9, "Basic", PI) ' Null
MsgBox Choose(index := 3.14, 9, "Basic", PI) ' PI
End Sub
Function ChooseMenu(Index As Integer)
ChooseMenu = Choose(Index, "Quick Format", "Save Format", "System Format")
End Function
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