MySQL equivalent of DECODE function in Oracle

Question

I am trying to find an equivalent of DECODE function in MySQL. It works like this:

Select Name, DECODE(Age,
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Answer 1

You can use a CASE statement...however why don't you just create a table with an integer for ages between 0 and 150, a varchar for the written out age and then you can just join on that