diff --git a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/changes.xml b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/changes.xml
index 9a1908d99..d138d1503 100644
--- a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 
 		<!-- Don't forget to update status.xml too! -->
         <release version="3.5-beta5" date="2008-??-??">
+           <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">45031- added implementation for CHOOSE() function</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">46361 - resolve licensing issues around the HDGF resource file, chunks_parse_cmds.tbl</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">46410 - added implementation for TIME() function</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">46320 - added HSSFPictureData.getFormat()</action>
diff --git a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
index c13cb6cf2..4f1aafec4 100644
--- a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
+++ b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 	<!-- Don't forget to update changes.xml too! -->
     <changes>
         <release version="3.5-beta5" date="2008-??-??">
+           <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">45031- added implementation for CHOOSE() function</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">46361 - resolve licensing issues around the HDGF resource file, chunks_parse_cmds.tbl</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">46410 - added implementation for TIME() function</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">46320 - added HSSFPictureData.getFormat()</action>
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/formula/functions/Choose.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/formula/functions/Choose.java
index e7acc93c4..2f3ac240a 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/formula/functions/Choose.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/formula/functions/Choose.java
@@ -1,25 +1,48 @@
-/*
-* Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
-* contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
-* this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
-* The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
-* (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-* the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-*
-*     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-*
-* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-* limitations under the License.
-*/
-/*
- * Created on May 15, 2005
- *
- */
+/* ====================================================================
+   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+   contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+   this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+   The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+   (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+   the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+   limitations under the License.
+==================================================================== */
+
 package org.apache.poi.hssf.record.formula.functions;
 
-public class Choose extends NotImplementedFunction {
+import org.apache.poi.hssf.record.formula.eval.ErrorEval;
+import org.apache.poi.hssf.record.formula.eval.Eval;
+import org.apache.poi.hssf.record.formula.eval.EvaluationException;
+import org.apache.poi.hssf.record.formula.eval.OperandResolver;
+import org.apache.poi.hssf.record.formula.eval.ValueEval;
 
+/**
+ * 
+ * @author Josh Micich
+ */
+public final class Choose implements Function {
+
+	public Eval evaluate(Eval[] args, int srcRowIndex, short srcColumnIndex) {
+		if (args.length < 2) {
+			return ErrorEval.VALUE_INVALID;
+		}
+
+		try {
+			ValueEval ev = OperandResolver.getSingleValue(args[0], srcRowIndex, srcColumnIndex);
+			int ix = OperandResolver.coerceValueToInt(ev);
+			if (ix < 1 || ix >= args.length) {
+				return ErrorEval.VALUE_INVALID;
+			}
+			return OperandResolver.getSingleValue(args[ix], srcRowIndex, srcColumnIndex);
+		} catch (EvaluationException e) {
+			return e.getErrorEval();
+		}
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hssf/data/FormulaEvalTestData.xls b/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hssf/data/FormulaEvalTestData.xls
index 344a072cd..29e474abb 100644
Binary files a/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hssf/data/FormulaEvalTestData.xls and b/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hssf/data/FormulaEvalTestData.xls differ