[discrete]
[[esql-case]]
=== `CASE`

*Syntax*

[source,txt]
----
CASE(condition1, value1[, ..., conditionN, valueN][, default_value])
----

*Parameters*

`conditionX`::
A condition.

`valueX`:: 
The value that's returned when the corresponding condition is the first to
evaluate to `true`.

`default_value`::
The default value that's is returned when no condition matches.

*Description*

Accepts pairs of conditions and values. The function returns the value that
belongs to the first condition that evaluates to `true`.

If the number of arguments is odd, the last argument is the default value which
is returned when no condition matches.

*Example*

[source,esql]
[source.merge.styled,esql]
----
include::{esql-specs}/docs.csv-spec[tag=case]
----
[%header.monospaced.styled,format=dsv,separator=|]
|===
include::{esql-specs}/docs.csv-spec[tag=case-result]
|===