Otherwise (OTHERWISE)

Specifies the command or group of commands (in an If or Do group) that are processed if none of the conditions on any of the When commands within a Select command group were evaluated to be true. After the command or Do group is processed, control is passed to the next command after the End Select command associated with this Otherwise command. If the command specified in this parameter is a DO, DOWHILE, DOUNTIL, or DOFOR command, all commands within the Do group are considered to be the command specified by the parameter.

Restrictions:

This command is valid only within a CL procedure.
This command is valid only within a SELECT-ENDSELECT command group.
Only one OTHERWISE may be specified in a SELECT-ENDSELECT command group.
All WHEN commands in a SELECT-ENDSELECT command group must appear before the OTHERWISE command.

Keyword	Description	Choices	Notes
CMD	Command	Command string	Optional, Positional 1

Command (CMD)

Specifies the command or commands (in a If or Do group) to be processed if no When commands had an expression that evaluated to true.

If the command specified in this parameter is a DO, DOWHILE, DOUNTIL, or DOFOR command, all of the commands specified within the Do group are considered to be part of the command specified by the parameter.

If no command is specified on the CMD parameter (a null OTHERWISE) control is passed to the next command after the ENDSELECT command associated with this WHEN command.

Any CL command can be specified on the CMD parameter, except the following commands:

ELSE
PGM, ENDPGM
ENDDO
MONMSG
DCL, DCLF
WHEN, OTHERWISE, ENDSELECT

Examples

DCL   VAR(&NAME)  TYPE(*CHAR)  LEN(10)
 :
SELECT
  WHEN   COND(&NAME *EQ *CMD)  THEN(DO)
    :   (group of CL commands)
  ENDDO
  WHEN   COND(&NAME *EQ *PGM)  THEN(DO)
    :   (group of CL commands)
  ENDDO
  OTHERWISE   CMD(CHGVAR &NAME *PGM)
ENDSELECT

The OTHERWISE specifies the command to run if none of conditions on any of the WHEN commands in a SELECT command group command group were matched. In this example the CHGVAR will be run when the value of &NAME is not *CMD and not *PGM.