# SWITCH

The SWITCH function evaluates an expression against a list of values and returns the result corresponding to the first matching value. If there is no match, an optional default value is returned.

### Syntax <a href="#syntax" id="syntax"></a>

```excel-formula
switch( expression, val1, res1, val2, res2, ... val_n, res_n, default )
```

### Arguments <a href="#arguments" id="arguments"></a>

exp – The statement to be evaluated

val1, val2, … val\_n – The list of values to be compared against the expression

res1, res2, … res\_n – The result to be returned in case of a match

default – The default value to be returned if the expression does not match with any of the values in the argument list. This is an optional argument.

### **Return value** <a href="#return-value" id="return-value"></a>

Result when the expression matches with value, default in case there was no match.

### **Example** <a href="#example" id="example"></a>

```excel-formula
SWITCH(Region, "West", 25, "East",30, 50)
```

Will return 25 if the region is West, 30 if the region is East and 50 for all the other regions

### **Excel equivalent** <a href="#excel-equivalent" id="excel-equivalent"></a>

[SWITCH](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/switch-function-47ab33c0-28ce-4530-8a45-d532ec4aa25e)


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