Statements

Parent page: VBScript

Conditional Statements Copy Link Copied

The main conditional statements supported by VBScript are:

• If...Then
• For Next Loop
• Exit For
• For Each Next
• Do Loop
• While...WEnd
• Select Case

Care needs to be taken to code scripts that avoid infinite loops — that is, ensuring that the conditions will eventually be met.

The If...Then Statement

The syntax is:

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If Condition Then
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  'code
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Else If AnotherCondition Then
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  'code
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Else
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  'code
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End If

The For Loop

The For Next statement repeatedly loops through a block of code. The basic syntax is:

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For counter = start to end
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  ' block of code here
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Next

The Exit For

The Exit For statement exits a For loop prematurely.

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For counter = start to end
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  if condition then Exit For
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Next

The For Each Loop

The For Each loop is a variation on the For loop which is designed to iterate through a collection of objects as well as elements in an array. The basic syntax is:

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For Each ObjectVar in Collection
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  ' block of code here
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Next

The Do Loop

The Do Loop has several loop variations.

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Do while until condition
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  ' code block
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Loop

...and;

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Do
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  ' code block
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Loop while until condition

...and;

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Do
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  ' code block
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Loop

The While...WEnd Loop

The While WEnd statement repeatedly loops through a block of code. The basic syntax is:

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While until condition
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  ' code block
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WEnd

The Select Case Statement

You can use the SELECT statement if you want to select one of many blocks of code to execute:

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Select case payment
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  case "Cash"
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    msgbox "pay cash"
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  case "MasterCard"
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    msgbox "pay by Mastercard"
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  case Else
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    msgbox "Unknown payment method"
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end select

Expressions and Operators Copy Link Copied

An expression is a valid combination of constants, variables, literal values, operators, and function results. Expressions are used to determine the value to assign to a variable, to compute the parameter of a function, or to test for a condition. Expressions can include function calls.

VBScript has a number of logical, arithmetic, Boolean and relational operators. Since these operators are grouped by the order of precedence which is different from the precedence orders used by Basic, C, etc. For example, the AND and OR operators have precedence compared to the relational one.

Arithmetic Operators

Comparison Operators (Lowest Precedence)

String Operators

Logical Operators