switch

[josephine chen]

int i=10;
switch (i) {
default :
----
case 10 :
print (10)
case 20:
print (20)
break;
}
this prints 10,20
but how does it do? because i value and 2nd case
statement do not match.

[Jim Yingst]

You need a "break;" before the "case 20:", otherwise the execution continues right into the next case.

[RajeshParab]

I found a nice example why it is so.
class Switch {
public static void main(String args[]) {
for(int month=1;month<=12;month++) {
String season;
switch (month) {
case 12:
case 1:
case 2:
season = "Winter";
break;
case 3:
case 4:
case 5:
season = "Spring";
break;
case 6:
case 7:
case 8:
season = "Summer";
break;
case 9:
case 10:
case 11:
season = "Autum";
break;
default:
season = "Bogus Month";
}
System.out.println("Month " +month+" is in the season + ".");
}
}
}

This make sense:
break statement can be effectively use in switch statment.

[Anonymous]

and don't forget the default statement can be placed anywhere, it doesn't have to be the last test statement.
"some obscure latin quote here"

[Gilbert Baron]

And if the default is not at the bottom as usual that it also falls through if there is no break and everything after it is liable for execution until a break is hit.
They very likely will try this trick in the exam. Mine did!
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