JAVA EE: Java Tutorial : Java switch statement(String)

Wednesday, 18 November 2015

Java Tutorial : Java switch statement(String)

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SwitchDemo.java

class SwitchDemo
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {

        String month = "march";
        int monthNumber = 0;

        /*
         * In Java SE 7 and later, you can use a String object in the switch
         * statement's expression.
         */
        switch (month)
        {
        case "january":
            monthNumber = 1;
            break;
        case "february":
            monthNumber = 2;
            break;
        case "march":
            monthNumber = 3;
            break;
        case "april":
            monthNumber = 4;
            break;
        case "may":
            monthNumber = 5;
            break;
        case "june":
            monthNumber = 6;
            break;
        case "july":
            monthNumber = 7;
            break;
        case "august":
            monthNumber = 8;
            break;
        case "september":
            monthNumber = 9;
            break;
        case "october":
            monthNumber = 10;
            break;
        case "november":
            monthNumber = 11;
            break;
        case "december":
            monthNumber = 12;
            break;
        default:
            monthNumber = 0;
            break;
        }

        System.out.println("month number : " + monthNumber);

    }
}