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Record 1 2003-09-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
DEF

A construct found in most high-level languages for selecting one of several possible blocks of code or branch destinations depending on the value of an expression.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Programas y programación (Informática)
DEF

Estructura de control condicional en ciertos lenguajes de programación que permite que se haga una selección entre tres o más opciones.

OBS

Esto equivale a la instrucción «caso» que aparece, por ejemplo, en Pascal y al GOTO computarizado de FORTRAN.

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