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switch-case statement comparison table
Subject omit avoid by have syntax have example have purpose is a synonym of is a kind of
decision making statement    to make a decision on which branch of code to follow in a programconditional statementcontrol flow statement
switch-case statementthe keyword default and the default statements if they are not neededusing polymorphism
switch(integer producing expression)
{
   case integer constant 1:
      // statements to execute for integer 1
      break;
   case integer constant 2:
      // statements to execute for integer 2
      break;
   ...
   default:
      // statements to execute if none of the above is true
      break;
}
int month;
 switch (month) { 
   case 1: System.out.println("January"); break; 
   case 2: System.out.println("February"); break;
   case 3: System.out.println("March"); break; 
   default: System.out.println("Not January, February or March"
}
to execute one of a choice of statements depending on the value of a variablecase statementdecision making statement

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