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Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2014 18:44:51 +0100
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Subject: Re: Switch question
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On 12-01-2014 18:26, richard wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Jan 2014 17:18:59 +0000 (UTC), Denis McMahon wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 12 Jan 2014 11:48:48 -0500, richard wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> So what is the proper way to ensure the proper case is found correctly?
>>
>> You seem to have missed the paragraph beginning "It is important to
>> understand how the switch statement is executed in order to avoid
>> mistakes." on the manual page. This paragraph answers your question.
>
> for once I get to say, to you, >>>> RTFM!
> : is used for constants.
> ; is used for strings.
>

 From the manual:
"It's possible to use a semicolon instead of a colon after a case like:"

But this has nothing to do with contants or strings, or....?