switch

Execute different instructions based on a variable’s value

Properties

switch

objectRequired

An object that accepts the following properties.

switch.variable

stringRequired

Name of the variable whose value needs to be compared.

switch.case

objectRequired

Case_params object of key-mapped values to array of SWML Methods to execute.

switch.default

[]

Array of SWML Methods to execute if no cases match.

case_params

The case_params object serves as a dictionary where each key is a string identifier, and the associated value is an array of SWML Method objects.

case.property_name

[]objectRequired

Name of the variable whose value needs to be compared.

Examples

1 version: 1.0.0
2 sections:
3   main:
4     - switch:
5         variable: call.type
6         case:
7           sip:
8             - play:
9                 url: "say: You're calling from SIP."
10           phone:
11             - play:
12                 url: "say: You're calling from phone."
13         default:
14           - play:
15               url: 'say: Unexpected error'

1 version: 1.0.0
2 sections:
3   main:
4     - set:
5         foo: 5
6     - execute:
7         dest: example_fn
8         params:
9           foo: '${foo}'
10   example_fn:
11     - switch:
12         variable: params.foo
13         default:
14           - play:
15               url: 'say: nothing matches'
16         case:
17           '5':
18             - play:
19                 url: 'say: yup, math works!'

See Also

Variables and Expressions: Complete reference for SWML variables, scopes, and using variables in conditional logic
cond: Alternative conditional logic method