PL/SQL - Searched CASE Statement

The searched CASE statement has no selector and the WHEN clauses of the statement contain search conditions that give Boolean values.

Syntax

The syntax for the searched case statement in PL/SQL is −

CASE 
   WHEN selector = 'value1' THEN S1; 
   WHEN selector = 'value2' THEN S2; 
   WHEN selector = 'value3' THEN S3; 
   ... 
   ELSE Sn;  -- default case 
END CASE; 

Flow Diagram

Example

DECLARE 
   grade char(1) := 'B'; 
BEGIN 
   case  
      when grade = 'A' then dbms_output.put_line('Excellent'); 
      when grade = 'B' then dbms_output.put_line('Very good'); 
      when grade = 'C' then dbms_output.put_line('Well done'); 
      when grade = 'D' then dbms_output.put_line('You passed'); 
      when grade = 'F' then dbms_output.put_line('Better try again'); 
      else dbms_output.put_line('No such grade'); 
   end case; 
END; 
/

When the above code is executed at the SQL prompt, it produces the following result −

Very good  

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.