SHIP:Sail:Flow Control:switch

See Also

• Sail Home
• Flow Control
• if
• break
• case

switch

Branch control to follow one of multiple possible parallel branches.

Statement	Description
switch	Takes an integer value. Code execution branches according to the case that matches the integer value.

Example

switch(a)
{
   case 1:
      printf("1\n");
      break;
   case 2:
      printf("2\n");
      break;
   case 3:
      printf("3\n");
      break;
   case 4:
      printf("4\n");
      break;
   default;
      printf("default\n);
      break;
}

Prints: a = 1 ->1 a = 2 ->2 a = 3 ->3 a = 4 ->4 a = 20 ->default