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Chapter Five More on the Selection Structure

Objectives
After studying this chapter, you should be able to: Include a nested selection structure in pseudocode and in a flowchart Code a nested selection structure Include a multiple-alternative selection structure in pseudocode and in a flowchart Code a multiple-alternative selection structure Include radio buttons in an interface

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Objectives (cont'd.)
Display a message in a message box Prevent the entry of invalid characters in a text box

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Making More Than One Decision

Nested selection structure: when a selection structures true or false path contains another selection structure

Figure 5-1: Selection structures containing nested selection structures

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Nested Selection Structures (cont'd.)

Figure 5-1: Selection structures containing nested selection structures (contd.)

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The Voter Eligibility Application

Figure 5-2: Problem specification for the Voter Eligibility application

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The Voter Eligibility Application (contd.)

Figure 5-3: Sample run of the Voter Eligibility application

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Figure 5-4: Flowchart showing the nested selection structure in the true path
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Figure 5-5: Flowchart showing the nested selection structure in the false path
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The Voter Eligibility Application (contd.)

Figure 5-6: Code for the flowcharts in Figures 5-4 and 5-5
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Figure 5-6: Code for the flowcharts in Figures 5-4 and 5-5 (contd.)
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Multiple-Alternative Selection Structures

Multiple-alternative selection structures: select structures that can choose from several alternatives

Figure 5-7: Problem specification for the Yardley Theater application

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Multiple-Alternative Selection Structures (cont'd.)

Figure 5-8: Sample run of the Yardley Theater application

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Multiple-Alternative Selection Structures (cont'd.)

Figure 5-9: Pseudocode for the Display buttons Click event procedure

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Figure 5-9: Flowchart for the Display buttons Click event procedure
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Figure 5-10: Two versions of the code corresponding to Figures 5-9 and 5-10
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Figure 5-10: Two versions of the code corresponding to Figures 5-9 and 5-10 (contd.)

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The Select Case Statement

Select Case statement:
Used when there are many paths from which to choose Simpler and clearer than using several IfThenElse statements Begins with Select Case, which specifies the value to be matched Ends with End Select Has one Case clause for each possible path Case Else is optional but must be the last clause in the statement
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Figure 5-12: How to use the Select Case statement

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The Select Case Statement (cont'd.)

Case clause may have more than one value, separated by commas
Only one value must be matched to process the code in this Case clause

Processing of a Case clause code stops when the next Case clause is encountered If no values in Case clauses are matched, the Case Else clause is processed

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Specifying a Range of Values in a Case Clause

To and Is keywords: used to specify a range of values in a Case clauses expression list To:
When you know both the upper and lower bounds of the range

Is:
When you know only one end of the range Used with a comparison operator

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Figure 5-13: How to specify a range of values in a Case clause

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Using Radio Buttons in an Interface

Radio button control: allows the user to select only one of a group of two or more choices Radio button choices are related but mutually exclusive; only one can be selected Container control:
Isolates a group of radio buttons Includes GroupBox, Panel, and TableLayout controls

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Using Radio Buttons in an Interface (cont'd.)

Minimum number of radio buttons in a group is two
Must select a radio button to deselect another

Recommended maximum number in a group: seven Windows standard is to set one as the default radio button
Shows as selected when the screen appears Should be the most likely selection or the first radio button in the group

Set the Checked property to True to make it the default radio button
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Using Radio Buttons in an Interface (cont'd.)

Figure 5-14: Gentry Supplies applications interface

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Figure 5-15: The Display buttons Click event procedure

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Figure 5-15: The Display buttons Click event procedure (cont'd.)

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The MessageBox.Show Method

MessageBox.Show method:
Displays a message box with text, one or more buttons, and an icon

When a message box is displayed, the program waits until the user selects a button MessageBox.Show returns an integer value indicating which button the user selected DialogResult values include:
Windows.Forms.DialogResult.Yes Windows.Forms.DialogResult.No
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Figure 5-16: How to use the MessageBox.Show method

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Figure 5-16: How to use the MessageBox.Show method (contd.)

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The MessageBox.Show Method (cont'd.)

Figure 5-17: Message box displayed by the code in Example 1 in Figure 5-16

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The MessageBox.Show Method (cont'd.)

Figure 5-18: Message box displayed by the code in Example 2 in Figure 5-14

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Figure 5-19: How to use the MessageBox.Show methods return value

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Using the KeyPress Event

Can prevent a text box from accepting an inappropriate character by coding the text boxs KeyPress event KeyPress event: occurs each time the user presses a key while the control has the focus Use the e parameters KeyChar property to determine the pressed key Use the e parameters Handled property to cancel the key if it is inappropriate; set it to True to discard the character
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Using the KeyPress Event (contd.)

Use ControlChars.Back constant to represent the Backspace key on the keyboard Line continuation character: the underscore Allows you to split a line of code into two lines in the code editor

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Figure 5-20: How to use the KeyPress event to cancel invalid characters
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Programming Tutorial 1

Figure 5-23: MainForm for the Rock, Paper, Scissors Game application

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Programming Tutorial 2

Figure 5-34: MainForm for the Charleston Cable Company application

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Programming Example

Figure 5-40: MainForm in the CD Emporium application

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Summary
Selection structures can be nested in either the true or false path of another selection structure Primary decision is made by the outer selection structure, while the secondary decision is made by the inner (nested) selection structure Use IfThenElse or Select Case statements for multiple-alternative selection structures Diamond symbol represents the condition in a multiple-alternative selection structures
Each flowline represents a possible path
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Summary (cont'd.)
Each Case clause in Select Case statement represents a possible path Use To keyword to specify a range of valid values when both the lower and upper bounds are known Use Is keyword with a comparison operator to specify a lower or upper bound but not both Use radio buttons to limit the user to one choice from a group of two or more related but mutually exclusive choices Use a container to isolate groups of radio buttons
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Summary (cont'd.)
MessageBox.Show method allows an application to communicate with the user MessageBox.Show method returns an integer indicating which button was chosen by the user Use the KeyPress event of a text box to prevent it from accepting an inappropriate character
Set the e parameters Handled property to True constant to discard the character

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