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COM1100 Winter2000 Yuhong Yin
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switch statement
switch ( expression )
{ // start of the compound statement
case value_1 :
statement
1;
break;
case value_2 :
statement
1;
break;
…
case value_n :
statement
n;
break;
default :
statement;
} //
end of the compound statement
It provides an alternative to if-else chain for cases to compare the value of an integer expression to a specific value.
switch statement uses 4 C++ keywords :
• switch
• case
• break
• default