Need Help with Switch Statement

[thatos]

I had trouble answering the questions, I'm a beginner.
Switch Statement
a)Explain the basic syntax and sematics of the switch statement?
b)Can we select on a range of values using a sitch?
c)Compare and contrast

if

and

switch

?

[BigDaddyLH]

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/java/nutsandbolts/switch.html

[hsn]

read any book about java and you will understand it.

good luck
hsn

[rashmiharitas]

I had trouble answering the questions, I'm a beginner.
Switch Statement
a)Explain the basic syntax and sematics of the switch statement?
b)Can we select on a range of values using a sitch?
c)Compare and contrast

if

and

switch

?

hello beginner

the basic idea and good programming practice to avoid lot of if else statements which becomes tedious
to overcome this tedious job we use switch statement

syntax is

int choice;
switch (choice)
{
case 1:
case 2:
:
:
case 10 :so on
}
choice can be of byte,short,int data type

[hsn]

hello beginner

the basic idea and good programming practice to avoid lot of if else statements which becomes tedious
to overcome this tedious job we use switch statement

syntax is

int choice;
switch (choice)
{
case 1:
case 2:
:
:
case 10 :so on
}
choice can be of byte,short,int data type

don't forget after each case there should be a break
[CODE]
switch(choic)
{
case 1:
//some code
break;

case 2:
//some code
break;

case 3:
//some code
break;

//and so on............. .
}
[/CODE/

GOOD LUCK

hsn

[hsn]

hello beginner

the basic idea and good programming practice to avoid lot of if else statements which becomes tedious
to overcome this tedious job we use switch statement

syntax is

int choice;
switch (choice)
{
case 1:
case 2:
:
:
case 10 :so on
}
choice can be of byte,short,int data type

don't forget after each case there should be a break

switch(choic)
{
case 1: 
//some code
break;

case 2: 
//some code
break;

case 3: 
//some code
break;

//and so on..............
}

GOOD LUCK

hsn

[chaarmann]

don't forget after each case there should be a break

hsn

Only if you don't want to run into the next statement. In some programs it makes sense not to use a break.

But what you should not forget for sure (and what beginners always forget), is the "default"-statement at the end.
Forgetting this is the root of all evil and leads to endless debugging sessions.

[BigDaddyLH]

Er, all this was discussed in the tutorial linked in the first reply :-|

[thatos]

Thanks for your answer you realy helped

hello beginner

the basic idea and good programming practice to avoid lot of if else statements which becomes tedious
to overcome this tedious job we use switch statement

syntax is

int choice;
switch (choice)
{
case 1:
case 2:
:
:
case 10 :so on
}
choice can be of byte,short,int data type

[JosAH]

Er, all this was discussed in the tutorial linked in the first reply :-|

Are you implying that we should actually *read* replies? Tssk ...

kind regards,

Jos ;-)

[evoloyeu]

hello beginner

the basic idea and good programming practice to avoid lot of if else statements which becomes tedious
to overcome this tedious job we use switch statement

syntax is

int choice;
switch (choice)
{
case 1:
case 2:
:
:
case 10 :so on
}
choice can be of byte,short,int data type

choice must be int or char.

[JosAH]

choice must be int or char.

From the JLS:

The type of the Expression must be char, byte, short, int, Character, Byte, Short, Integer, or an enum type (§8.9), or a compile-time error occurs.

kind regards,

Jos

[BigDaddyLH]

From the JLS:

The type of the Expression must be char, byte, short, int, Character, Byte, Short, Integer, or an enum type (§8.9), or a compile-time error occurs.
Jos

kind regards,

Jos

Er, this was discussed in the tutorial .... oh never mind ;-)