To ensure that only one case of a switch statement is executed, you need to use the break statement. : switch « Statements « SCJP






class MainClass{
 public static void main(String[] args) {
  int n = 3;
  switch(n) {
   case 1:
    System.out.println(1);
   case 2:
    System.out.println(2);
   case 3:
    System.out.println(3);
   case 4:
    System.out.println(4);
   case 5:
    System.out.println(5);
   case 6:
    System.out.println(6);
   case 7:
    System.out.println(7);
   default:
    System.out.println("default");
  }
 }
}
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5.8.switch
5.8.1.switch Statements
5.8.2.Case constant must be a compile time constant!
5.8.3.Method being invoked on the object reference must return a value compatible with an int.
5.8.4.It's illegal to have more than one case label using the same value.
5.8.5.It is legal to leverage the power of boxing in a switch expression.
5.8.6.Break and Fall-Through in switch Blocks
5.8.7.Insert a break into each case
5.8.8.Fall-through logic
5.8.9.The Default Case
5.8.10.The default case doesn't have to come at the end of the switch.
5.8.11.default works just like any other case for fall-through!
5.8.12.To ensure that only one case of a switch statement is executed, you need to use the break statement.
5.8.13.The break statement transfers execution out of an enclosing statement.