CASE Expression question

Hi,
I am wondering how to implement case logic where THEN statement would be written only once for many WHEN's.
This example is from the oracle documentation, I extended it a bit.
SELECT cust_last_name,
CASE credit_limit
WHEN 100 THEN 'Low'
WHEN 200 THEN 'Low'
WHEN 5000 THEN 'High'
ELSE 'Medium'
END
FROM customers;
As you see we select 'Low' for both values 100 and 200.
What I am really looking for is something like:
SELECT cust_last_name,
CASE credit_limit
WHEN 100
WHEN 200 THEN 'Low'
WHEN 5000 THEN 'High'
ELSE 'Medium'
END
FROM customers;
OR
SELECT cust_last_name,
CASE credit_limit
WHEN 100 OR 200
THEN 'Low'
WHEN 5000 THEN 'High'
ELSE 'Medium'
END
FROM customers;
But both of selects are not valid in oracle (tested on 10g Rel2)
Maybe it is very simple and I am witting it wrong, or it is working only the way I have to repeat the THEN to every WHEN.
Thanks in advance!
let's say I would like to perform the same step

Hello
What about
tylerd@DEV2> SELECT
  2      CASE
  3          WHEN dummy IN('X','Y','Z') THEN
  4              'Dummy is X, Y or Z'
  5          WHEN dummy LIKE 'A%' THEN
  6              'Dummy is like A'
  7          ELSE
  8              'Dummy is something else'
  9      END
10  FROM
11      dual
12  /
CASEWHENDUMMYIN('X','Y'
Dummy is X, Y or ZTHTH
David

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    =======================================================
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    set serveroutput on
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    else dbms_output.put_line('The description was No such Grade');
    end case;
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    Sample 2:
    A simple example demonstrating the proper syntax for a case
    expression
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    datatypes may appear as a selector in a case statement or
    expression.
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    set serveroutput on
    declare
    achar char(1) := '&achar';
    description varchar2(20);
    begin
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    when 'B' then 'Very Good'
    when 'C' then 'Good'
    when 'D' then 'Fair'
    when 'F' then 'Poor'
    else 'No such grade'
    end;
    dbms_output.put_line('The description was ' || description);
    end;
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    NOTE: The above simple samples demonstrate two subtle differences in the
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    set serveroutput on
    declare
    achar char(1) := '&achar';
    begin
    case
    when achar = 'A' then dbms_output.put_line('The description was
    Excellent');
    when achar = 'B' then dbms_output.put_line('The description was Very
    Good');
    when achar = 'C' then dbms_output.put_line('The description was
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    when achar = 'D' then dbms_output.put_line('The description was
    Fair');
    when achar = 'F' then dbms_output.put_line('The description was
    Poor');
    else dbms_output.put_line('The description was No such Grade');
    end case;
    end;
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    Sample 4:
    This sample demonstrates the proper syntax for a case expression of
    the
    type discussed in Sample 3 above.
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    set serveroutput on
    declare
    achar char(1) := '&achar';
    description varchar2(20);
    begin
    description :=
    case
    when achar = 'A' then 'Excellent'
    when achar = 'B' then 'Very Good'
    when achar = 'C' then 'Good'
    when achar = 'D' then 'Fair'
    when achar = 'F' then 'Poor'
    else 'No such grade'
    end;
    dbms_output.put_line('The description was ' || description);
    end;
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    Sample 5:
    This sample demonstrates the use of nested case statements. It is
    also
    permissable to nest case expressions within a case statement (though
    it
    is not demonstrated here), but nesting of case statements within a
    case
    expression is not possible since statements do not return any value.
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    set serveroutput on
    declare
    anum1 number := &anum1;
    anum2 number := &anum2;
    answer number;
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    case anum1
    when 1 then case anum2
    when 1 then answer := 10;
    when 2 then answer := 20;
    when 3 then answer := 30;
    else answer := 999;
    end case;
    when 2 then case anum2
    when 1 then answer := 15;
    when 2 then answer := 25;
    when 3 then answer := 35;
    else answer := 777;
    end case;
    else answer := 555;
    end case;
    dbms_output.put_line('The answer is ' || answer);
    end;
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    Sample 6:
    This sample demonstrates nesting of case expressions within another
    case
    expression. Note again the absence of semicolons to terminate both
    the
    nested case expression and the individual cases of those
    expressions.
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    set serveroutput on
    declare
    anum1 number := &anum1;
    anum2 number := &anum2;
    answer number;
    begin
    answer :=
    case anum1
    when 1 then case anum2
    when 1 then 10
    when 2 then 20
    when 3 then 30
    else 999
    end
    when 2 then case anum2
    when 1 then 15
    when 2 then 25
    when 3 then 35
    else 777
    end
    else 555
    end;
    dbms_output.put_line('The answer is ' || answer);
    end;
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    Although PL/SQL anonymous blocks have been used in all of the examples
    so far,
    case statements and expressions can also be used in procedures,
    functions, and
    packages with no changes to the syntax.
    The following samples are included for completeness and demonstrate the
    use of
    case statements and/or expressions in each of these scenarios.
    Sample 7:
    This sample demonstrates use of a case statement in a stored
    procedure.
    Note that this sample also demonstrates that it is possible for each
    of
    the items in the case body to consist of more than one statement.
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    set serveroutput on
    create or replace procedure testcasestmt ( anum IN number ) is
    begin
    case
    when anum = 1 then dbms_output.put_line('The number was One');
    dbms_output.put_line('In case 1');
    when anum = 2 then dbms_output.put_line('The number was Two');
    dbms_output.put_line('In case 2');
    when anum = 3 then dbms_output.put_line('The number was Three');
    dbms_output.put_line('In case 3');
    when anum = 4 then dbms_output.put_line('The number was Four');
    dbms_output.put_line('In case 4');
    when anum = 5 then dbms_output.put_line('The number was Five');
    dbms_output.put_line('In case 5');
    else dbms_output.put_line('The description was Invalid input');
    dbms_output.put_line('In the else case');
    end case;
    end;
    exec testcasestmt(&anum);
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    Sample 8:
    This sample demonstrates the use of a case statement in a stored
    package.
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    set serveroutput on
    create or replace package testpkg2 is
    procedure testcasestmt ( anum IN number );
    function testcasestmt_f ( anum IN number ) return number;
    end testpkg2;
    create or replace package body testpkg2 is
    procedure testcasestmt ( anum IN number ) is
    begin
    case
    when anum = 1 then dbms_output.put_line('The number was One');
    dbms_output.put_line('In case 1');
    when anum = 2 then dbms_output.put_line('The number was Two');
    dbms_output.put_line('In case 2');
    when anum = 3 then dbms_output.put_line('The number was Three');
    dbms_output.put_line('In case 3');
    when anum = 4 then dbms_output.put_line('The number was Four');
    dbms_output.put_line('In case 4');
    when anum = 5 then dbms_output.put_line('The number was Five');
    dbms_output.put_line('In case 5');
    else dbms_output.put_line('The description was Invalid input');
    dbms_output.put_line('In the else case');
    end case;
    end;
    function testcasestmt_f ( anum IN number ) return number is
    begin
    case
    when anum = 1 then dbms_output.put_line('The number was One');
    dbms_output.put_line('In case 1');
    when anum = 2 then dbms_output.put_line('The number was Two');
    dbms_output.put_line('In case 2');
    when anum = 3 then dbms_output.put_line('The number was Three');
    dbms_output.put_line('In case 3');
    when anum = 4 then dbms_output.put_line('The number was Four');
    dbms_output.put_line('In case 4');
    when anum = 5 then dbms_output.put_line('The number was Five');
    dbms_output.put_line('In case 5');
    else dbms_output.put_line('The description was Invalid input');
    dbms_output.put_line('In the else case');
    end case;
    return anum;
    end;
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    exec testpkg2.testcasestmt(&anum);
    variable numout number
    exec :numout := testpkg2.testcasestmt_f(&anum);
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    Sample 9:
    This sample demonstrates the use of a case expression in a stored
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    create or replace package testpkg is
    procedure testcase ( anum IN number );
    function testcase_f ( anum IN number ) return number;
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    anumber number := anum;
    anothernum number;
    begin
    anothernum :=
    case
    when anumber = 1 then anumber + 1
    when anumber = 2 then anumber + 2
    when anumber = 3 then anumber + 3
    when anumber = 4 then anumber + 4
    when anumber = 5 then anumber + 5
    else 999
    end;
    dbms_output.put_line('The number was ' || anothernum);
    end;
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    anumber number := anum;
    anothernum number;
    begin
    anothernum :=
    case
    when anumber = 1 then anumber + 1
    when anumber = 2 then anumber + 2
    when anumber = 3 then anumber + 3
    when anumber = 4 then anumber + 4
    when anumber = 5 then anumber + 5
    else 999
    end;
    dbms_output.put_line('The number was ' || anothernum);
    return anothernum;
    end;
    end testpkg;
    variable numout number
    exec testpkg.testcase(&anum);
    exec :numout := testpkg.testcase_f(&anum);
    print numout
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    VARRAY
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    PL/SQL Record
    PL/SQL Version 2 tables (index by tables)
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