What is switch Statement - C Statement

C examples for Statement:switch

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Introduction

The general way of describing the switch statement is as follows: 

switch(integer_expression)
{
  case constant_expression_1:
    statements_1;
    break;
    ....
  case constant_expression_n:
    statements_n;
    break;
  default:
    statements;
    break;
}

Here's an example:

Demo Code

#include <stdio.h> 

int main(void) { 

    enum Weekday {Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday};
    enum Weekday today = Wednesday;
    switch(today)
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      case Sunday:
        printf("Today is Sunday.");
        break;
      case Monday:
        printf("Today is Monday.");
        break;
      case Tuesday:
        printf("Today is Tuesday.");
        break;
      case Wednesday:
        printf("Today is Wednesday.");
        break;
      case Thursday:
        printf("Today is Thursday.");
        break;
      case Friday:
        printf("Today is Friday.");
        break;
      case Saturday:
        printf("Today is Saturday.");
        break;
    }
    
    return 0; 
}

Result


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