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### otherwise

#### Synopsis

Default `case` branch as part of the `case` ... `otherwise` statement:

    case expression of
      selector: statement;
      ...
      selector: statement
    otherwise  { ``else'' instead of ``otherwise'' is allowed }
      statement;
      ...
      statement
    end

#### Description

`otherwise` starts a series of statements which is executed if no selector matches expression. In this situation, `else` is a synonym for `otherwise`.

#### Conforming to

`otherwise` is an ISO 10206 Extended Pascal extension.

#### Example

See case.

#### See also

Keywords, case Statement, case, else.