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Rakesh Kumar Sutar | calendar 12 January 2021 | 3558

Introduction

C# Language uses Switch statement to select one of many code blocks to be executed.

How switch statement works:

The switch expression is evaluated once
The value of the expression is compared with the values of each case
If there is a match, the associated block of code is executed
The break and default keywords will be described later in this chapter

Syntax

switch(expression) 
{
  case x:
    // code block
    break;
  case y:
    // code block
    break;
  default:
    // code block
    break;
}

Example

using System;

namespace Hello_world
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            int month = 5;

            switch(month)
            {
                case 1:
                    Console.WriteLine("January");
                    break;
                case 2:
                    Console.WriteLine("Febuary");
                    break;
                case 3:
                    Console.WriteLine("March");
                    break;
                case 4:
                    Console.WriteLine("April");
                    break;
                case 5:
                    Console.WriteLine("May");
                    break;
                case 6:
                    Console.WriteLine("June");
                    break;
                case 7:
                    Console.WriteLine("July");
                    break;
                case 8:
                    Console.WriteLine("August");
                    break;
                case 9:
                    Console.WriteLine("September");
                    break;
                case 10:
                    Console.WriteLine("October");
                    break;
                case 11:
                    Console.WriteLine("November");
                    break;
                case 12:
                    Console.WriteLine("December");
                    break;
            }
        }
    }
}

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