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<h1 class="code">BRANCH</h1>
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<p style="text-align: right;"><a href="../ExampleTopics/BranchEx.htm" target="" title="" alt="" class="MCXref_0">BRANCH Examples</a>
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<p class="PlainText">Syntax <img align="absmiddle" src="../../graphics/mini_1.gif" />:
<span class="keyword_in_text">BRANCH</span> <![CDATA[ ]]><i>Offset<u style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">, (</u>Address1</i>,<i> Address2</i>, ..<i>.AddressN</i>)</p>
<p class="PlainText">Syntax <img align="absmiddle" src="../../graphics/mini_2.gif" />: <span class="keyword_in_text">BRANCH</span> <![CDATA[ ]]><i>Offset,</i> [<i>Address1</i>,<i> Address2</i>, ...<i>AddressN</i>]</p>
<h2>Function</h2>
<p class="PlainText">Go to the <i>Address</i> specified by <i>Offset</i> (if in range).</p>
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<li value="1"><b><i>Offset</i></b> is a variable/constant/expression* (0 - 255) that
specifies the index of the address, in the list, to branch to (0 - N).</li>
<li value="2"><b><i>Addresses</i></b> are labels that specify where to go. <span class="keyword_in_text">BRANCH </span>will ignore any list entries beyond offset 255.</li>
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<p class="PlainText">*<img src="../../graphics/bs1note.gif" style="vertical-align: super;" /> Note: expressions are not allowed as arguments on the BS1.</p>
<h2>Quick Facts</h2>
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<td align="center" bgcolor="#CFCFCF">Limit of <i>Address</i> entries</td>
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<h2>Explanation</h2>
<p class="PlainText">The <span class="keyword_in_text">BRANCH </span>instruction is useful when you want to write something like this:</p><pre class="BScode" xml:space="preserve">Test_Value:
IF value = 0 THEN Case_0 ' if value is 0, jump to Case_0
IF value = 1 THEN Case_1 ' if value is 1, jump to Case_1
IF value = 2 THEN Case_2 ' if value is 2, jump to Case_2
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<p class="PlainText">You can use <span class="keyword_in_text">BRANCH</span> to organize this into a single statement:</p>
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</p><pre class="BScode" xml:space="preserve">&#160;&#160;BRANCH value, (Case_0, Case_1, Case_2)</pre>
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</p><pre class="BScode" xml:space="preserve">&#160;&#160;BRANCH value, (Case_0, Case_1, Case_2)</pre>
<p class="PlainText">This works exactly the same as the previous <a href="IF_THEN.htm" target="" title="" alt="" class="MCXref_0">IF…THEN</a> example. If the value isnt in range (in this case if value is greater than 2), <span class="keyword_in_text">BRANCH </span>does nothing and the program continues with the next instruction after <span class="keyword_in_text">BRANCH</span>.</p>
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