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From: Knute Johnson <eternal@knutejohnson.com>
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Subject: Re: Help writing a program using a switch statement
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 07:59:49 -0700
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On 10/11/2014 06:43, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 10/10/2014 11:27 PM, Knute Johnson wrote:
>> 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
>>
>> There are some good examples in the JLS for the switch statement though.
>
> It has 3 examples:
> * some code that works in C/C++ but does not work in Java
> * some code showing fall through
> * some normal code
>
> Compare that to the tutorial that has 5 examples:
> * some normal code
> * some code showing how it would look like using if else if
> * some code showing fall through
> * some code showing multi labels
> * some code showing switch on strings
>
> Arne

OK I concede, you should have answered him not me.

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Knute Johnson