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Is it possible to write switch case statements in Splunk like other programming languages?

soumidutta
Explorer

Hi ,

Can it be possible to write switch case statements in Splunk like other programming languages?
If so, can you help me out with the syntax?

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renjith_nair
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@soumidutta,

Yes , using eval - eval description=case(status == 200, "OK", status ==404, "Not found", status == 500, "Internal Server Error")

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.2.0/SearchReference/ConditionalFunctions#case.28X.2C.2...

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soumidutta
Explorer

Thanks
I was looking for this one

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renjith_nair
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@soumidutta,
Please accept as answer if it helped you. thanks

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