Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail
From: Knute Johnson <eternal@knutejohnson.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject: Re: Help writing a program using a switch statement
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 20:27:12 -0700
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
Lines: 48
Message-ID: <m1a82e$c31$1@dont-email.me>
References: <8dcbb682-a1c4-4e43-b506-093de204ae87@googlegroups.com> <m0sn3e$33q$1@dont-email.me> <54388fd2$0$292$14726298@news.sunsite.dk>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Injection-Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 03:27:10 +0000 (UTC)
Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="aba33539224e5c782fe0c4053f7756fd"; logging-data="12385"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org";	posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+DKGwJxB//BXXuT6riEx4m"
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; WOW64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.1.1
In-Reply-To: <54388fd2$0$292$14726298@news.sunsite.dk>
Cancel-Lock: sha1:qfCJgrXReUdX9RT+qsTCBTFntSc=
Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:30074

On 10/10/2014 19:02, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 10/5/2014 8:18 PM, Knute Johnson wrote:
>> On 10/5/2014 15:40, Abraar Ahmed wrote:
>>>   Write a program using switch statement to allow users to choose an
>>> item of a menu. For example, the menu looks like the following.
>
>>> switch (1) {
>>> case value: 1
>>> System.out.println ("Open is selected");
>>> break;
>>> case value: 2
>>> System.out.println ("Close is selected");
>>> break;
>>> case value: 3
>>> System.out.println ("Save is selected")
>>> break;
>>> System.out.println ("Exit is selected")
>>> default:
>>> values_not_caught_above;
>>>
>>> }
>
>> Since this is homework, you need to look at the Java Language
>> Specification, chapter 14.11 Switch Statement.  Everything you need to
>> know is there.
>>
>> http://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se8/html/index.html
>
> JLS is good for many things, but learning basic Java syntax is not
> one if them.
>
> The Java tutorial would be a lot easier to learn from.
>
> http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/index.html
>
> http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/nutsandbolts/switch.html
>
> Arne
>
>
>

There are some good examples in the JLS for the switch statement though. 
  That's why I told him to look there.

-- 

Knute Johnson