Switch Loop with Boolean expressions? Can it be done?

So I am trying to get a switch loop to display values of x=rand(1,10) when the values are greater than and smaller than 0.6?

Been trying with this however it keeps either telling me that my x value needs to be a scalar or character variable or just the regular unexpected error message.

switch (x)=true

case (x>0.6)

disp 'Large value in x found'

otherwise (x<0.6)

disp 'Small value in x found'

end

I know something else would be probably more pragmatic here but it's homwork so I do not make the rules...

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

switch true

with no variable..

Also the otherwise should not have a condition

[Mau Dudas]

So it would be

switch true
    case (x>0.6) disp ' large value found in x'
    otherwise disp ' small value foubd in x'
end

Is that right?

Thanks for the help!

[Walter Roberson]

Yes.

I do not recommand this use of switch() but it is legal. It would almost always be clearer to use if/elseif trees instead of switch true

[Guillaume]

As Walter said, yes you can do this.

As Walter also recommended, you shouldn't do it. The majority of readers (particularly people familiar with C-like languages) would expect a constant in the case expression and a non-constant expression for the switch. You're going to confuse a lot of people if you use that syntax.

If you do use it despite our recommendation, then a comment in the code explaining in details why it is used (as opposed to the simpler and clearer if...else) would be extremely recommended.