The Switch Statement

[Basu Patel]

Please refer to this program-
public class Agg{
static public int i=10;
public static void main(String argv[]){
switch(i){
default:
System.out.println("no value given");
case 1:
System.out.println("one");
case 10:
System.out.println("ten");
case 5:
System.out.println("five");
}
}
}
The ans. is-
ten
five
Can nay one tell me why five was also displayed considering i=10
is set on initialization, the switch statement should find the exact matching case right? Please help

[Tacha Arnull]

The switch statement will look for a match and then execute all statements following that match until a break statement is encountered. i.e. if at the end of case 10: there was break; then the next case would not be executed

[Sandeep Potnis]

You need to add a break statement at the end of every Case clause unless you want the subsequent case statements to be executed.
I've changed your code and pasted it below. Please try it out.

public class Agg{
static public int i=10;
public static void main(String argv[]){
switch(i){
default:
System.out.println("no value given");
case 1:
System.out.println("one");
case 10:
System.out.println("ten");
break;
case 5:
System.out.println("five");
}
}
}

[Basu Patel]

Thanx Tacha and Sandeep for your time and efforts, How could i forget the braek command!
Basu