Neither of the suggestions will work for the OP as he is using a csh base shell. I'm pretty rusty on csh but I think it should be something like
Code:
echo " enter number"
read num
echo "Enter the choice of you want to see "
echo "1. 1message"
echo "2. 2message"
echo "3. 3message"
read choice
if ( $choice == 1 ) then
echo "This is reading the first choice"
endif