doc/api/core/operators/case.md
# This is RxJS v 4. [Find the latest version here](https://github.com/reactivex/rxjs)### `Rx.Observable.case(selector, sources, [elseSource|scheduler])`[Ⓢ](https://github.com/Reactive-Extensions/RxJS/blob/master/src/core/linq/observable/case.js "View in source") Uses selector to determine which source in sources to use. There is an alias 'switchCase' for browsers <IE9. ### Arguments1. `selector` *(`Function`)*: The function which extracts the value for to test in a case statement.2. `sources` *(`Object`)*: An object which has keys which correspond to the case statement labels.3. `[elseSource|scheduler]` *(`Observable` | `Scheduler`)*: The observable sequence that will be run if the sources are not matched. If this is not provided, it defaults to `Rx.Observabe.empty` with the specified scheduler. #### Returns*(`Observable`)*: An observable sequence which is determined by a case statement. #### Example```jsvar sources = { 'foo': Rx.Observable.return(42), 'bar': Rx.Observable.return(56)}; var defaultSource = Rx.Observable.empty(); var source = Rx.Observable.case( function () { return 'foo'; }, sources, defaultSource); var subscription = source.subscribe( function (x) { console.log('Next: ' + x); }, function (err) { console.log('Error: ' + err); }, function () { console.log('Completed'); }); //=> Next: 42//=> Completed``` ### Location File:- [`/src/core/linq/observable/case.js`](https://github.com/Reactive-Extensions/RxJS/blob/master/src/core/linq/observable/case.js) Dist:- [`rx.all.js`](https://github.com/Reactive-Extensions/RxJS/blob/master/dist/rx.all.js)- [`rx.all.compat.js`](https://github.com/Reactive-Extensions/RxJS/blob/master/dist/rx.all.compat.js)- [`rx.experimental.js`](https://github.com/Reactive-Extensions/RxJS/blob/master/dist/rx.experimental.js) Prerequisites:- If using `rx.expermental.js` - [`rx.js`](https://github.com/Reactive-Extensions/RxJS/blob/master/dist/rx.js) | [`rx.compat.js`](https://github.com/Reactive-Extensions/RxJS/blob/master/dist/rx.compat.js) | [`rx.lite.js`](https://github.com/Reactive-Extensions/RxJS/blob/master/dist/rx.lite.js) | [`rx.lite.compat.js`](https://github.com/Reactive-Extensions/RxJS/blob/master/dist/rx.lite.compat.js) NPM Packages:- [`rx`](https://www.npmjs.org/package/rx) NuGet Packages:- [`RxJS-Complete`](http://www.nuget.org/packages/RxJS-Complete)- [`RxJS-Experimental`](http://www.nuget.org/packages/RxJS-Experimental) Unit Tests:- [`/tests/observable/case.js`](https://github.com/Reactive-Extensions/RxJS/blob/master/tests/observable/case.js)