In this tutorial, we are going to discuss the Switch case statement in Java language
Switch statements in Java select one option from multiple options of cases based on a switch expression.
The switch statement is similar to if else if … else ladder. but it is not as same as if else if…else. The switch case is used to execute a block of code from many options
The following syntax of the switch statement to clearly depicts the flow of switch statements.
Syntax
switch(expression) { case constant_1: //block of statements 1 //code to be executed, if the expression is matched to constant_1(case 1) break; case constant_2: //block of statements 2 //code to be executed, if the expression is matched to constant_2(case 2) break; case constant_3: //block of statements 3 //code to be executed, if the expression is matched to constant_3(case 3) break; default: default block; //code to be executed, if the expression doesn't matched to any constant_1(case 1) break; }
In the switch case statement, when a case statement is matched with the switch expression, the flow of control of the program will pass the block of code associated with case statements
Program 1
class SwitchCaseJava{ public static void main(String args[]){ int age=30; switch(age){ case 20: System.out.print("age is equal to 20"); break; case 22: System.out.print("age is equal to 22"); break; case 24: System.out.print("age is equal to 24"); break; case 26: System.out.print("age is equal to 26"); break; default: System.out.print("age is not equal to any value"); } } }
When the above code executed, it produces the following results
age is not equal to any value
In the above program, if the age is defined as 30. the flow of control checks every case to find an alternative case. Then the flow of control fails to find the associated case . the default statement will be displayed as follows
Program 2
import java.util.Scanner; class SwitchCaseInJava1{ public static void main(String args[]){ Scanner scan=new Scanner(System.in); System.out.print("Enter the number of month: "); int month=scan.nextInt(); switch(month){ case 1: System.out.print("This month is January"); break; case 2: System.out.print("This month is February"); break; case 3: System.out.print("This month is march"); break; case 4: System.out.print("This month is april"); break; case 5: System.out.print("This month is May"); break; case 6: System.out.print("This month is June"); break; default: System.out.print("your month is not available in first half months"); break; } } }
When the above code executed, it produces the following results
Enter the number of month: 5 This month is May
Points to remember of the switch case statements
The break statement is optional of switch case but when we use break statements of switch statemeent, we can get clear output with the associated case.
let’s see the example below where I am not using the break statements
Program
public class SwitchCaseExInJava{ public static void main(String args[]){ int num=30; switch(num){ case 10: System.out.println("Ten"); case 20: System.out.println("Twenty"); case 30: System.out.println("Thirty");//associated case case 40: System.out.println("Fourty"); case 50: System.out.println("Fifty"); Default: System.out.println("No match any cases"); } } }
When the above code executed, it produces the following results
Thirty Fourty Fifty No match any cases
Related keywords
Switch keyword in Java language
Break keyword in Java language
Default keyword in Java language
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