SWITCH STATEMENT

Switch Case Statement

The switch statement is used to perform different actions based on different
conditions. It used as an alternate to multiple if .. else statements.
➢ Switch case uses strict comparisons (===). The values must be the same type to
match. A strict comparison can only be true if the operands are of the same type.
➢ The switch expression is evaluated once.
➢ The value of the expression is compared with the values of each case.
➢ If there is a match, the associated block of code is executed.
➢ If multiple cases matches a case value, the first case is selected.
➢ If no matching cases are found, the program continues to the default label.
➢ If no default label is found, the program continues to the statement(s) after the
switch.
The basic switch case syntax:
switch(expression)
{
case value:
block of code to be executed;
break;
case value:
block of code to be executed;
break;
default:
block of code to be executed;
}
 The default Keyword

➢ The default keyword specifies the code to run if there

is no case match.

➢ The default case does not have to be the last case in a

switch block.

➢ If default is not the last case in the switch block,

remember to end the default case with a break.
 The break Keyword
➢ The break keyword breaks out of the switch block. This will stop the
execution of the code and/or case testing inside the block.

➢ If the case statement does not have a break, the code for the next
cases are also executed until a break is found. This is known as fall-
through.

➢ A break can save a lot of execution time because it "ignores" the

execution of the rest of the code in the switch block.

➢ It is not necessary to break the last case in a switch block. The block
breaks (ends) there anyway.
Program using Numeric value
<script>
var i=2; // Assigned a value to the variable text
switch (i) // Passing the variable to switch condition
{ case 1:
document.write(“Value of i = 1");
break;
case 2:
document.write(“Value of i = 2");
break;
case 3:
document.write(“Value of i = 3");
break;
default:
document.write(“Enter numbers from1-3");
break;
} </script>
Program using String value
<script>
var text="Hello"; // Assigned a value to the variable text
switch (text) // Passing the variable to switch condition
{ case "Hello 1":
document.write("Hello 1");
break;
case "Hello":
document.write("Correct Text Hello ");
break;
default:
document.write("This is default selection");
break;
} </script>
 Program using fall through
Example of different cases using the same code and default not being the last case :-

var d = +prompt(“Enter the day of the week in number”)

switch (d)
{
case 1:
case 2:
case 3:
default:
alert("Looking forward to the Weekend“);
break;
case 4:
case 5:
alert("Soon it is Weekend“);
break;
case 6:
case 7:
alert("It is Weekend“);
}