# case

#### Availability

Flash Player 4.

#### Usage

    case expression: statements

#### Parameters

`expression` Any expression.

`statements` Any statements.

#### Returns

Nothing.

#### Description

Keyword; defines a condition for the `switch` action. The statements in the `statements` parameter execute if the `expression` parameter that follows the `case` keyword equals the `expression` parameter of the `switch` action using strict equality (`===`)

If you use the `case` action outside of a `switch` statement, it produces an error and the script doesn't compile.

#### See also

`break`, `default`, `=== (strict equality)`, `switch`